Expense report date rules

The following are the date rules for expense reports.

Expense Report beginning date:

• This is not a required field and can be left blank.
• The date can be prior to the beginning balance date.
• The date can be prior to the Do Not Allow date in Company > Preferences. The session journal is created on the Do Not Allow date.

Expense Report ending date:

• This is a required field.
• The field pre-fills with today's date.
• The date cannot be prior to the Do Not Allow date in Company > Preferences.
• The date must be after the beginning balance date.

Transaction rows:

• If both the beginning and ending dates are set, the detail row date cannot be prior to the beginning date or after the ending date.
• The transaction date must be after the beginning balance date.
• If no beginning date is set, the transaction date can be prior to the Do Not Allow date used for GLDs and session journals.

Other rules

• The Expense Report ending date cannot be before the Expense Report beginning date.
• When editing the expense report, the beginning date can be blanked out if the expense report has not been processed.
• The Expense Report beginning date cannot be after the earliest transaction date.
• The Expense Report ending date cannot be prior to the latest transaction date.
• When the expense report is processed, the Expense Report ending date is locked.
• The date rules apply for the credit card import list.