Thanks Peter - an obvious solution I hadn't considered :). I will give this and the proposal from lifepillar some consideration and modify my accounts accordingly.
On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 8:52:04 PM UTC+2, Peter Keen wrote: > > There's no supported way to put a date on an individual posting line > without using some custom metadata. The simplest and most accurate way to > model this is to use an account for TransferWise itself, like this: > > 2017/07/07 Funds Transfer Initiation > Assets:ING:Current Account -1000 EUR > Assets:TransferWise 850 GBP > > 2017/07/15 Funds Transfer Completion > Assets:Lloyds:Current Account 850 GBP > Assets:TransferWise > > This lets you query the TransferWise account to see what's in flight at > any given time and it lets you put dates on both legs of the transaction. > > --Pete > > On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 2:07 PM Paul Jewell <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Good afternoon all! >> >> I have been using Ledger since the start of the year to bring a semblance >> of order to my finances! >> >> However, I have a challenge which I am hoping someone can help me with. >> I have an account in the UK, and also one in Brussels. I transfer funds >> from one to the other (via Transferwise), and enter a transaction such as: >> >> 2017/07/07 Funds Transfer >> Assets:ING:Current Account -1000 EUR >> Assets:Lloyds:Current Account 850 GBP >> >> The problem I have is the clearing date on the statements is different >> for the two banks. Is there anyway I can have a different date against each >> line? >> >> Many thanks! >> Paul >> >> -- >> >> --- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
