On Dec 14, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Simon Michael wrote: > However, it might be nice if we can agree on a consistent usage, at least to > make > documentation and learning easier. I believe John W. does it this way: > > ACTUAL=EFFECTIVE > > or in this case > > BANKDATE=MYDATE
The real distinction is this: Whichever date is to the left will be reported by default. If you want that to be the bank's reckoning, then put that to the left. If you want it to be your checkbook's reckoning, then put that date to the left. There is no inherent "meaning", however. I may just end up documenting them as leftdate and rightdate, or something equally meaningless, to leave the actual semantics up to the user. John
