Online-imported Transactions

[Rob Tongue]

> Hi Rob,
> 
> KMM itself has no concept of actual vs posting date.  There is just
> one  
> date on a transaction.  Unfortunately, most institutions provide  
> download data with the posting date.  KMM is not preferring the
> post  
> date, but is using the imported date.  I don't remember if there is  
> already a wish list or not filed at bugs.kde.org to create a user  
> preference to specify whether the imported or manually entered date
> be  
> used in such cases.
> 
> I could also imagine filing a wish list for transactions to have
> both  
> actual and posting dates, but I doubt this would get much of a  
> priority, and it would likely complicate the reconciliation process.
> 
> I have actually asked my credit card company about whether they
> could  
> provide download by transaction date, and the customer service rep  
> sounded like she didn't really even understand what I was talking
> about.
> 
> Also - there is a philosophical debate about which date you should  
> use.  If you think the KMM account represents your personal view of
> the  
> account, then it should use transaction date.  If you think it  
> represents the institution's view of the account, then posting date  
> makes more sense.  Neither is more "correct" than the other - they
> just  
> represent different views of the data.
> 
> Jack

Jack, thank you for the response.  I guess it is just something I am
not used to, as I am coming in from GNUCash.  The default (and only)
behavior there is to use the manually entered date.  I assumed that was
the standard, and would be in KMM as well.  If this is my only gripe
with the application, then I think I will still enjoy using it quite a
bit over GNUCash.  

I will do a quick search to see if I can find a wish list item, and
enter one if not, if I am able to.  (I'm not a big KDE user, actually
on GNOME, but some KDE apps are better on the K side, so I am not
really familliar with KDE.org). 

Thank you very much for your time/response here.  It is very helpful.

- Rob