;doc: close: clarify close dates

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Simon Michael 2021-08-24 09:55:27 -10:00
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@ -51,12 +51,14 @@ you'll want to override the closing date.
This is done by specifying a [report period](#report-start--end-date),
where "last day of the report period" will be the closing date.
The opening date is always the following day.
So to close on 2020-12-31 and open on 2021-01-01, any of these work
So to close on (end of) 2020-12-31 and open on (start of) 2021-01-01, any of these will work:
- `-p 2020`
- `date:2020`
- `-e 2021-01-01` (remember `-e` specifies an exclusive end date)
- `-e 2021`
| end date argument | explanation
|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| `-e 2021-01-01` | [end dates](#report-start--end-date) are exclusive, so "last day of report period" is 2020-12-31
| `-e 2021` | equivalent, per [smart dates](#smart-dates)
| `-p 2020` | equivalent, the [period expression's](#period-expressions) begin date is ignored
| `date:2020` | equivalent [query](#queries)
### Example: close asset/liability accounts for file transition