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

[R Losey]

Odd... mine always has done this (since I've corrected dates many times).

On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 6:11 PM Dr. David Kirkby <
drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 at 08:00, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Dr. Kirkby,
> >
> > While I understand the requirements for not editing existing
> transactions,
> > I'll note that in your initial post, you mentioned going back to a backup
> > and re-entering the transaction. Not to put too much of an emphasis here,
> > but how does editing the date differ from opening a backup and
> re-entering
> > the transaction?
> >
> > David T.
> >
>
> One thing I discovered tonight is that if I enter the wrong date, then
> charge it on one side of the transaction (from account) then it doesn’t get
> changed on the other side (to account). This was a simple transaction - ie
> two splits.
>
>  I am going to have to double check for any of these sorts of transaction,
> where the date one said may be different to the other.
>
> Dave.
>
> On Dec 27, 2022, at 3:07 AM, "Dr. David Kirkby" <
> drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 26 Dec 2022 at 19:22, William Prescott <will at theprescotts.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>  Your post puzzles me.
> >>>
> >>>  I am trying to enter some transactions from March. Every now and
> again I
> >>>>  forget to change the date on something, so I get today’s date. Then I
> >>>>
> >>>  have
> >>>
> >>>>  to go back to a backup file.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>  Why? Can't you just edit the date on the transaction and change it.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I thought one wasn’t supposed to do that - at least in formula
> accounting.
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>  It would be nice when entering historical
> >>>>  transactions if it was impossible to use todays date - one is forced
> to
> >>>>  change the date is something in preferences prevented todays date
> being
> >>>>  used.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>  I must be missing something. Not being able to use today's day would
> make
> >>>  it impossible to enter transactions on the day they occurred. Are you
> >>>  asking for some switch that could be set before entering historical
> >>>  transactions? It seems like a cumbersome solution to a non-problem.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Yes, a switch for entering historical transactions.
> >>
> >>
> >>>  Will
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> --
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Richard Losey
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