# Invoice date becomes the entry date **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 17, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522 "2023-02-17T09:04:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeffrey011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jeffrey011](https://forum.manager.io/u/Jeffrey011)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522/1 "2023-02-17T09:04:47Z")
Hi Everytime we create an invoice, the invoice date shown it the sales module is the entry date and not the invoice date. Is there any way to correct this? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Joe91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/joe91/32/35781_2.png) [@Joe91](https://forum.manager.io/u/Joe91)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522/2 "2023-02-17T09:14:38Z")
How can the system know what date the invoice should be until you enter it? By default, it is the current date but you can change it to whatever date you want? ---
**Author:** ![Jeffrey011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jeffrey011](https://forum.manager.io/u/Jeffrey011)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522/3 "2023-02-17T09:21:17Z")
Hi Joe, This is the print screen of the booking date of the invoice I created: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/manager1/original/3X/c/4/c405a699a4783d0573914cdead6a37f050c13dca.png) This is how my sales transaction in the dashboard looks like: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/manager1/original/3X/7/4/7487fd151937ebc6d2067d56c288827644d03c8d.png) The invoice date is year January 31, 2022 but it appears in the dashboard as February 17, 2023 Thanks ---
**Author:** ![lubos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/lubos/32/62798_2.png) [@lubos](https://forum.manager.io/u/lubos)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522/4 "2023-02-17T09:47:32Z")
> [@Jeffrey011](#): > > The invoice date is year January 31, 2022 but it appears in the dashboard as February 17, 2023 If you are viewing ledger on cash basis, then invoices enter ledger when paid. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffrey011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jeffrey011](https://forum.manager.io/u/Jeffrey011)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522/5 "2023-02-17T09:54:10Z")
We are using accrual basis of accounting. ---
**Author:** ![Jeffrey011](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jeffrey011](https://forum.manager.io/u/Jeffrey011)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522/6 "2023-02-17T09:55:13Z")
I am just thinking if there is a bug with the system. ---
**Author:** ![Mark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Mark](https://forum.manager.io/u/Mark)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 9:55am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522/7 "2023-02-17T09:55:47Z")
The screenshots only show a part so please use Windows’ Snipping Tool to select en area. What you are showing are inventory transfers and I don’t understand what you are doing because you created an inventory location (INVENTORY WHAREHOUSE) as a customer and use invoices for the transfers? Why? An inventory location is indicated in a supplier invoice or a goods receipt and the inventory transfer is done from the Inventory transfer tab indicating the different inventory locations. ---
**Author:** ![lubos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/lubos/32/62798_2.png) [@lubos](https://forum.manager.io/u/lubos)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522/8 "2023-02-17T09:57:58Z")
> [@Jeffrey011](#): > > We are using accrual basis of accounting. If you are dealing with inventory, then cost of goods sold can be allocated to expense account only once cost of goods sold is known. Perhaps, you have sold the item on 31/12/2022 but you were running negative inventory and purchased negative parts in 17/02/2023. ---
**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/invoice-date-becomes-the-entry-date/45522/9 "2026-07-05T20:08:36Z")
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