Re: Are you using bracketed dates in comments ?

On 5/23/22 15:46, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Alan [2022-05-23 18:32]: Referring to the "Bountiful Blessings" example in the Effective Dates manual , if you say `ledger --effective register Groceries` you get the proper effective

Re: Are you using bracketed dates in comments ?

* Alan [2022-05-23 18:32]: > Referring to the "Bountiful Blessings" example in the Effective Dates manual > , if you > say `ledger --effective register Groceries` you get the proper effective > dates. If you instead say `ledger

Re: Are you using bracketed dates in comments ?

Ah! The exercise of trying to put together an example made me realize my mistake. Referring to the "Bountiful Blessings" example in the Effective Dates manual , if you say `ledger --effective register Groceries` you get the

Re: Are you using bracketed dates in comments ?

Yes, please post an example. Maybe you're not using them correctly. * Alan [2022-05-23 16:41]: > I use bracketed dates. However, recently I've been having some trouble > getting them to work. > > I thought they were working before, although I can't be sure I remember > exactly. They're

Re: Are you using bracketed dates in comments ?

I use bracketed dates. However, recently I've been having some trouble getting them to work. I thought they were working before, although I can't be sure I remember exactly. They're supposed to be used if you give the "--effective" command-line flag, right? On Friday, May 18, 2018 at 10:59:00

Re: Are you using bracketed dates in comments ?

> On May 17, 2018, at 10:38 PM, John Wiegley wrote: > Brackets came first, yes, by several years. I still use them, though, because > they're quick and convenient. Good! I've been remembering correctly. Agreed, they are slightly quicker and more convenient than writing the

Re: Are you using bracketed dates in comments ?

> "MM" == Martin Michlmayr writes: MM> I can see why an effective date / aux date makes sense on a MM> posting-level but why a regular date? John, how do you use that? Why MM> would a primary posting-date (rather than aux date) differ from the MM> transaction date? I try

Re: Are you using bracketed dates in comments ?

* Simon Michael [2018-05-17 21:13]: > in Ledger and hledger journals you can set eg a posting's date by writing ; > [DATE], a square-bracketed date anywhere in the comment. > > I believe in both you can also write ; date:DATE or similar, a tag/metadata > with that name

Re: Are you using bracketed dates in comments ?

> "SM" == Simon Michael writes: SM> And basically, awjchen and I are wondering if anybody uses bracketed dates SM> are used, or how you'd feel if they were dropped, or what thoughts you SM> might have about issues raised on #778. Brackets came first, yes, by several years.