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posting date

A posting date is the date on which a payment or other transaction is recorded in an account record.

In plain English

This is the account's record date for a transaction. It marks when a payment or other transaction was entered into the account record.

In context

Here, posting date names the date when that charge or payment was recorded in the account record.

Situation
Understanding invoices, billing statements, balances, due dates, credits, and receipts
What it communicates
labels when a charge or payment was recorded on the account

Meaning limits

By itself, a posting date does not tell when the payment was made or when the charge happened.

Examples

“The rent left her bank on Friday, but the posting date on the account was Monday.”

Core meaning

“The fuel charge carried a posting date of 14 March.”

In context

  • transaction date Contrast

    A transaction date refers to when the transaction happened, not to when it was recorded in the account record.