Period handling for integration transactions

Dates

If Operations Management transactions are posted to Financials, the following types of dates are involved:

• Transaction date

  The date you enter when you create the transaction such as a sales order or a warehouse receipt. Usually the transaction date is the current date. Only for backdated and antedated transactions, the transaction date differs from the current date. Internally, the transaction date is registered in UTC time.

• Transaction entry date

  The date you enter when you create the batch. Usually the transaction entry date is the current date. Only for backdated and antedated transactions, the transaction entry date differs from the current date. Internally, the transaction entry date is registered in local time.

• Document date

  The transaction date in Financials. The document date is always registered in local time. For invoices, the document date is the invoice date. Usually the document date is the same date as the transaction date, except if you manually enter a different transaction date in Financials or if the UTC time and the local time differ by a day. The document date is not used for integration transactions.

• Creation date

  The date and time when the transaction is created. For backdated and antedated transactions, the creation date differs from the transaction date. The creation date is only used for integration transactions.

• Posting date

  The date and time (local time) when the transaction is posted.