>>>>> rob g <[email protected]> writes:

> With the following example (similar to the documentation example [1])

> 2013/08/01 Adjustment
>     Assets:Cash  = $10
>     Equity:Adjustments

> 2013/04/01 Stuff
>     Expenses:Stuff  $10
>     Assets:Cash

> 2013/01/01 * Opening Balance
>     Assets:Cash  $40
>     Equity:Opening Balances

> I expected to have $10 in Assets:Cash, but I get

Can you explain why you thought that?  Here's where the $40 comes from:

    You set the balance of Cash to $10.
    You transferred out $10, now it is 0.
    You added $40.
    Therefore, the balance is $40.

It is the sequence of transactions that matters, not their date ordering.

John

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