* psionl0 <gsch...@iinet.net.au> [2021-12-10 00:32]: > "I thought that by adding the ; [=DATE] in methods 2 and 3 I was recording > the day the paypal account was settled, am I wrong?" > You are putting the date in a comment which means it has no effect on the > reports that Ledger generates.
It's actually valid syntax for an aux date on a posting; you have to use --effective to use the aux date. # ledger -f e reg payp 2021-05-20 Starbucks Assets:Paypal -90.00 EUR -90.00 EUR Assets:Paypal 90.00 EUR 0 Assets:Paypal -80.00 GBP -80.00 GBP # ledger -f e reg payp --effective 2021-05-22 Starbucks Assets:Paypal -90.00 EUR -90.00 EUR 2021-05-31 Starbucks Assets:Paypal 90.00 EUR 0 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2021-05-22 Starbucks Assets:Paypal -80.00 GBP -80.00 GBP -- Martin Michlmayr https://www.cyrius.com/ -- --- 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 ledger-cli+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ledger-cli/YbNcu0sBnLiv91Hk%40jirafa.cyrius.com.