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                                            Simon Michael

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

That was a bit unclear. I meant: sorry but with available brainpower I still don't fully understand the need for this, or the proposed solution. If you want to move...

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

I'll need a reproducible example to understand..

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

Thanks @mythmon. I don't see how your assertions should be expected to pass. Here's what I and hledger expect after the above txns: ``` 2018-01-05 * Reconcile Assets:Bank $0 =...

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

I get generally what you're saying. Aren't there some practical workarounds, given the existing feature set ? Beyond that, the next step is to draft user documentation for the feature,...

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

My current practice is to put `; date_:` and later change it to `; date:6/14`.

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

@Ekleog: The above parses for me (hledger-1.9). The balance assertion fails of course, or passes if you change the asserted amount to -3. This is as expected. What I would...

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

Sorry for adding confusion. Instead of "leave the balance assertion disabled", I should have said "leave the clearance date unspecified". Or "leave a note to adjust this posting date later"....

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

Nope. :) I'm sorry, my brain won't take this in.

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

More clear after exercise. My workflow is different so I'm not the best person to judge how worthwhile this is, but I welcome experiments. Be aware that we have proposed...

Balance assertions that check only cleared postings

PS it could be interesting to share the above on the mail lists, especially Ledger's, and see how other folks have solved this.