[GNC] Feature request - prevent a transaction with todays date

[R Losey]

While that is technically true, I enter credit card charges on the day I
use the card, not when it clears... ditto for writing checks, and I suspect
most people do it that way. 98% of the time it doesn't matter, but I have
run into end-of-month and end-of -year items that require me to be more
careful. For example, if I give to my church this weekend, and write a
check and date it Fri, 30 Dec 2022, it will actually be given on Sun, 01
Jan 2023; moreover, they don't actually get the credit until it is
deposited and processed, so not only would my monthly giving summary not
match theirs, neither would the annual giving amount.

On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 12:52 PM Michael or Penny Novack <
stepbystepfarm at comcast.net> wrote:

>
>
> > If you create a bill, then entering multiple items then defaults to the
> > original date. However, once posted, the next thing to do is pay it. The
> > payment date defaults to the current date.
>
> Just pointing out again, but accounting (and gnucash) not a "real tine"
> activity. The CORRECT date to use for entering payment of a bill is when
> you made legal payment of it. Not when you got around to entering the
> transaction. The "current date" (date at the time you entered the
> transaction isn't relevant to anything, or should not be.
>
> If this seems to be persnickety, image that there are discounts for on
> time payments or late fees for late payments.
>
>
> Michael D Novack
>
>
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