<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">[sorry for webmail]<br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><br>On Sunday 08 January 2012 20:15:55 Thomas Pircher wrote:<br>> I'm not sure how to handle in this case. I have used the the statement<br>> dates in the past in the ledger, and this makes the reconciliation work<br>> well. But I'd rather prefer having the 'real' date in the ledger and not<br>> the clearing date from my bank.<br><br>Hi Thomas,<br><br>I always use the dates from the statement, since that's the actual date that the amount is written <br>off your balance. So basically I adjust the date to the clearing date from my bank.<br>If the actual date of purchase is (also) important to you, you can add it
to the memo field.<br><br>Regards,<br> Diederik<br>-----------------<br>I also reconcile every time I get a statement, and I also download an OFX file for the period. However, I keep the "actual" dates (both debit items and checks I've written). If the transactions are matched, I usually set the date back to the actual date, but sometimes I miss it if it's not too far. Also, if they are too far off, the don't automatically match, but once I check they are both there, I just delete the imported one and mark the manual one as cleared. Since all the actual transaction dates are before the bank's dates, reconciling on the date of the statement doesn't cause any problems.<br><br>Jack<br></div></div>
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