[GNC] Is there a way to find date & time a transaction was entered?

[Dr. David Kirkby]

I have a transaction that I entered incorrectly. Is there a way to
determine the date & time that the transaction was entered? If so, I could
just load a backup file created just before I screwed up.

I know that in formal accounting one should not delete transactions, but
apply a reversing transaction. But I think that will just confuse me, and
my accountant more. I don’t need to be too formal - previously I have
submitted my accounts to my accountant on a spreadsheet, but that’s too
error-prone for my liking.

 If I delete the transaction, would that put things back exactly as they
were before the transaction was entered?

I spent about 20 minutes last night trying to understand how £14 had
disappeared from the company bank account, clearly marked in the bank
account that the money went to PayPal, but there was no record of the
transaction on the company PayPal account.  I eventually found what had
happened - it had gone to my personal PayPal account. There’s no way I
would have spotted that error using spreadsheets. The double entry
accounting does make finding errors easier than using a spreadsheet.

I must admit, I am quite impressed with GnuCash.

Dave
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Dr. David Kirkby,
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