[GNC] Kind of a Philosophical Question about Transaction Dates

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

On 2026-03-02 17:00, Tom Route36 wrote:
> For a timely example here: Let's say I made an online payment to my
> credit card account on Feb. 27th.  The credit card company records the
> payment as posted on Feb. 27th.  But my bank doesn't record the
> transaction until today, March 2nd.  When recording this payment in
> GnuCash, which date would you use as the transaction date: Feb. 27th or
> March 2nd?

I use the date of the actual transaction, Fed 27 in your example. When
the bank posts it to my account, I change the reconciliation status from
n to c.

The banks where I have credit cards typically post transactions as of
the date they were made, even though it may take them a few days to do it.

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com