> 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
