[Kmymoney] KBanking plugin transaction dates

[Jack]

On 2012.08.05 18:35, Allan wrote:
> On 05/08/12 20:58, Rob Tongue wrote:
>> On 08/05/2012 08:55 AM, Jack wrote:
>>> I have the same issue.  For credit cards, the bank uses the posted
>>> date, not the actual transaction date.  I prefer the transaction  
>>> date,
>>> so I know when I actually purchased something or ate the meal.  For
>>> checking account, I want the ledger to have when I wrote the check,
>>> not when it cleared the bank.  I suppose it would be an enhancement
>>> request (low priority) to actually keep both dates - original
>>> transaction date and institution cleared/posted date.
>>> 
>>> Jack
>> Jack, I agree. Maybe put the date the bank gives in the comment  
>> section
>> of the transaction and keep the manually entered date?
> 
> To some extent, this is actually a more general issue than just  
> KBanking.
> 
> A similar situation arises with many transactions.  For instance, you  
> mey have a scheduled transaction that gets entered on one date, but  
> the QIF/CSV imported date is different.  A while ago, someone was  
> actually dealing with it, or thinking of, having another virtual  
> account, acting as an intermediary account, enabling both dates to be  
> kept.
> 
> Allan
Yes - this affects any import where you match a transaction entered  
manually or by a schedule.  I'm not sure I understand why a virtual  
account would help.  In the long run (which would require a  
modification to the underlying transaction object) KMM could keep both  
dates.  In the short run (just a modification to the matching code, but  
beyond what I could do) if the two dates were different, the one not  
used could be added to the memo.  A bit better would be to add a  
configuration item (or even just a pop-up on import) asking which date  
to keep.  I suppose I'll think about writing it up as an enhancement  
request.

Jack