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Date of Record
The date of record is the date that a transaction is
posted in the general ledger. You can control the following dates of record
by your entry the Acct Date field.
Invoices
You can enter a date of record in the Acct
Date field on the Invoices
screen. The system uses the date you enter in this field for posting to
the general ledger.
For example, if you are entering an invoice on July 5,
2007 and you are in the seventh accounting period of your year, but you
want the invoice posted to the previous period, you can enter June 25,
2007 in the Acct Date field. The system posts
the invoice to the sixth accounting period.
Checks
You can enter a date of record in the Acct
Date field on the checks General
Tab. The system uses the date you enter in this field for posting
to the general ledger.
For example, if you are entering a on July 10, 2007 and
you are in the seventh accounting period of your year, but you want the
check posted to the previous period, you can enter June 20, 2007 in the
Acct Date field. The system posts the check to
the sixth accounting period.
The date of record in the Acct Date
field on the checks General Tab provides
the default date that appears in the Accounting Date
field on the .
Prior to printing checks, you have one last opportunity to change the
accounting date.
See Also
Date of
Record for Import or Export
Checks Overview
Invoice
Overview
Concepts
and Processes Introduction