I recall that there is at least one bug report (or a discussion in a report)
about the ‘Date Opened’ being superfluous and a candidate for being removed.
But I too think of it as the date you happened to create the bill to enter it
in GC. I think it is in a bug about the invoice fields being
On a bill from a vendor I would typically find...
A - Bill Date
B - Due Date
Looking at a bill formerly entered into gnuCash I see 3 dates...
C - Date Opened
D - Date Posted
E - Date
There has been some confusion on which dates on the gnuCash (C, D, E) bill
would match up with A & B.
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