From 90bbe9e6f9d5ee03debd0667a64e0f38373bed20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linas Vepstas Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 08:14:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] more recncile updates git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk@764 57a11ea4-9604-0410-9ed3-97b8803252fd --- src/engine/design.txt | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/engine/design.txt b/src/engine/design.txt index 572e91a255..bb47b46ede 100644 --- a/src/engine/design.txt +++ b/src/engine/design.txt @@ -180,10 +180,40 @@ How about the following proposal: Let me know if this is a bad idea, otherwise I'll implement it. +Should I change the font or color or something for reconciled +transctions, to provide some (strronger) visual cue? If so, what +color/font/whatever? + > (In a more traditional accounting system, this would be very much > the case. Once a period is "closed," you can't change the data > anymore...) +> +> I think that there should be a date stamp attached to the reconciliation +> field so that as well as knowing that it has been reconciled, you also +> know *when* it was reconciled. +> +> This isn't so important for personal finances for the periodic user; I +> have in the past wanted to know when a particular transaction was +> reconciled. This is useful if you want to trace back from the +> electronic record to determine when the item actually cleared through +> the bank. +> +> This means that I can look at Cheque #428, written Jan 1/97, cashed in May +> 1997 (it sat in someone's desk for a while) in the computer system and say +> "Ah. It was marked as reconciled on June 12th/97. That was when I did the +> reconciliation of the May bank statements. Ergo, the cheque cleared in May, +> and that's the statement to go to to find a copy of the cheque..." +> +> It's not terribly important for cheques that get cashed right away; it *is* +> for things that hang around uncashed for a while. + +If the above is implemented, what date should be stored if the user +toggles the recn flag a few time? The date of the last toggle? +The very first date that it was recn'ed? + + +