On 4/14/18 2:12 PM, Klauss Hass wrote:
You could also use effective dates for that:
2018-01-04 TV Set purchase
Expenses:Electronics. $1050
* Assets:Banking -$800 ; [=2018-01-04]
! Assets:Banking -$250 ; [=2018-02-04]
Or just a regular posting date:
2018-01-04
On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 2:45 PM, Johann Höchtl
wrote:
>
>
> On 2018-04-14 21:25, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
>
>> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 19:21:03 +
>>> From: Taylor R Campbell
>>>
>>> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:24:58 -0700 (PDT)
You could also use effective dates for that:
2018-01-04 TV Set purchase
Expenses:Electronics. $1050
* Assets:Banking -$800 ; [=2018-01-04]
! Assets:Banking -$250 ; [=2018-02-04]
> On 14 Apr 2018, at 15:24, Johann Höchtl wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
On 2018-04-14 21:25, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 19:21:03 +
From: Taylor R Campbell
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:24:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Johann Höchtl
2018-02-04 * TV set delivery
Deposit:Electronics $250
> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 19:21:03 +
> From: Taylor R Campbell
>
> > Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:24:58 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Johann Höchtl
> >
> > 2018-02-04 * TV set delivery
> > Deposit:Electronics $250
> > Assets:Banking -$250
> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 11:24:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Johann Höchtl
>
> Suppose I buy sthg. but delivery takes time. So I have to make a
> "pre-payment" ? / is this the same as a deposit? How would I structure that
> in ledger?
>
> Instead of
>
> 2018-01-04 * TV set
"If it makes sense to you, than that is what you should do."
I should put that in the manual.
On Sat, Apr 14, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Johann Höchtl
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> one bigger problem is that language semantics at times makes it really
> hard to properly understand the