On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 2:47 PM, Simon Michael <[email protected]> wrote:
> I see what you mean, that's true. > > It's still true if you move the funds into a temporary holding account, I > think ? Not true. The temporary account will show the value in limbo. > But probably that's easier to ignore if checking the trial balance. > > I don't mind trial balance being non-zero for a couple of days, if it > means I can have accurate dates and balance assertions with no fudging > required. I think we can do better. All that's needed is for the software to support a simple automatic scheme for moving things to temporary accounts and some syntax support for it. We can have our cake and eat it too. On 9/14/16 7:18 AM, Martin Blais wrote: > >> As mentioned previously, this may leave one with a non-zero trial balance >> at date 9/11. Some people may not care. I don't like the idea of a >> balance >> sheet with missing amounts, especially on days with large transfers. >> >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:06 PM, Simon Michael <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I use posting dates, which I think is the most direct solution. With >>> Ledger: >>> >>> 2016/9/10 cinema >>> expenses:entertainment $15 >>> assets:bank:checking ; [9/12] >>> >>> $ ledger -f t.j reg >>> 16-Sep-10 cinema expenses:entertainment $15 $15 >>> 16-Sep-12 cinema assets:bank:checking $-15 0 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ledger" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >> > > -- > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ledger" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
