Yes, that’s the one! I might be a bit overly pedantic about setting the effective date, but it helps reconciling transactions with my bank. -- Brian Lalor (he/him) bla...@bravo5.org
> On Apr 26, 2024, at 10:58 PM, b...@gerdemann.org wrote: > > > >> On Apr 26, 2024, at 1:53 PM, Brian Lalor <bjl_...@bravo5.org> wrote: >> >> There’s a plugin that adds processing for an effective_date field. Maybe >> part of Reds’ suite? I use this extensively. Maybe worth exploring and >> adding explicit support for? > > > Hi Brian, > > Thanks for sharing this! I wasn't aware of this plugin. Are you referring to > this one > (https://github.com/redstreet/beancount_reds_plugins/tree/main/beancount_reds_plugins/effective_date#readme)? > Beanpost already supports importing and exporting metadata, so it wouldn’t > be hard to implement this syntax. > > However, unlike Beancount, Beanpost doesn't require transactions to occur at > a specific point in time. This can lead to a situation where money > "disappears" from your assets while "in transit" between accounts. While this > is somewhat closer to reality, it might not always be what you want. In this > case, you could create manual holding transactions, like in the example. > > Beanpost doesn't have "plugins” yet to do things like this automatically, but > it's something to consider for the future. > > To be honest, I didn't think much about allowing postings to have their own > dates when I implemented it. This change could be undone if it causes more > confusion or problems than it solves, but I have seen this feature requested > for Beancount a few times. > > Best regards, > Ben > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/5BAF897D-5F22-40FE-B58D-E15D9D404BD5%40gerdemann.org. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/3A1E6703-508D-4051-87F9-1A51A44AF438%40bravo5.org.
