;doc:posting dates: link to legacy syntax

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Simon Michael 2025-09-06 07:03:05 +01:00
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@ -1269,7 +1269,10 @@ dates](#smart-dates) documented in the hledger manual.)
You can give individual postings a different date from their parent
transaction, by adding a [posting comment](#posting-comment) containing a
[tag](#tags) (see
below) like `date:DATE`. This is probably the best
below) like `; date:DATE`.
(There's also a [Ledger-compatible syntax](#bracketed-posting-dates), `; [DATE]`, which can be convenient.)
This is probably the best
way to control posting dates precisely. Eg in this example the expense
should appear in May reports, and the deduction from checking should
be reported on 6/1 for easy bank reconciliation: