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
>>>
>>>
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