If I paid today and enter the transaction today it should have today's date on it.
Especially if paid with cash. If I wrote a check I must be ready for them to go immediately to the bank and cash it On Tue, Dec 27, 2022, 10:52 Michael or Penny Novack < stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > If you create a bill, then entering multiple items then defaults to the > > original date. However, once posted, the next thing to do is pay it. The > > payment date defaults to the current date. > > Just pointing out again, but accounting (and gnucash) not a "real tine" > activity. The CORRECT date to use for entering payment of a bill is when > you made legal payment of it. Not when you got around to entering the > transaction. The "current date" (date at the time you entered the > transaction isn't relevant to anything, or should not be. > > If this seems to be persnickety, image that there are discounts for on > time payments or late fees for late payments. > > > Michael D Novack > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.