On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:48 AM, John Rakestraw <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi, Paul -- > > On Tue, 28 Feb 2012, Paul Lathrop wrote: > > Do people tend to use this instead of using the "posting date" metadata > > stuff? > > To my mind, the decision which to use would turn on the question whether I > want the second date associated with the entire transaction or rather just > for one side of the transaction. But perhaps I'm misunderstanding > something. > Ah, that's kinda what I thought. So, for transactions involving two real-world accounts, like a credit card payment, you'd use the metadata approach. For a normal purchase, you'd use the actual/effective format. That makes sense. --Paul
