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if i create a sales order today but post the invoice next week, is it normal that it shows the posted date as the date the sales order was created?

This makes reporting very difficult and adjusting manually is allowing for too much human error. Is this a normal thing?

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Mohana Yadav 61,204 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Posting Date does not automatically change to the actual posting date (today’s date) unless you explicitly enter it.

So user has to change it to actual date before posting.

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Akash Raj 121 on at

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Hi @JW-15090547-0

Yes, that’s normal in BC the Posting Date defaults from when the order was created. If you want it to reflect the actual posting day, update the Posting Date before posting or adjust the Default Posting Date in Sales & Receivables Setup to No Date. This way, when you create a sales order the Posting Date will be blank, and BC won’t allow posting until the user enters the correct date, helping reduce manual errors.

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DAnny3211 11,417 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

In Business Central, the **Posting Date** on a sales order does indeed default to the date the order was created, not the date the invoice is actually posted. This is standard behavior and can complicate reporting if not managed carefully.

To address this:

- **Manually update the Posting Date** before posting the invoice to ensure it reflects the correct date.
- Alternatively, you can change the **Default Posting Date** setting in **Sales & Receivables Setup** to "No Date." This will require users to enter the posting date manually each time, which helps reduce errors and ensures more accurate reporting.

You can find more details in the official documentation on Posting Dates in Business Central.

Please verify if this explanation helps clarify the behavior and possible solutions.

Thanks and best regards,
Daniele
*Note: This response was prepared with support from Copilot to ensure clarity and completeness.*

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Gerardo Rentería Ga... 25,555 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi, good day
I hope this can help you, and give you some hints.

The dates on Sales Order header - Dynamics 365 Business Central

How to Use Sales Order Dates in Business Central | Forvis Mazars

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Gerardo

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Pallavi Phade 5,420 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Namaste

Sales Order is created when we recieve our Client PO . Order Date is when Sales Order get created .

You are correct , Invoicing can be done next week or month based on shipment to your customer .

Please check below fields

Document Date , Posting Date

Document Date - Symbolizes the date of Sales Invoice submitted to Customer , based on which due date is calculated according to the payment terms

Posting Date is at the time of Sales order for shipment , invoice .

In ideal scenarios Posting DAte & Document Date are same , which you always look into the posted Tables .

Same Sales Order can be shipped , invoiced multiple times with multiple posting Dates under same order date

To control posting date you can do the below setting in sales & Receivables Setup

Set "Default Posting Date" as "No Date" . user can select the date when he will post .

Or Set posting date as Workdate

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Sahan Hasitha 2,683 on at

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· Train users to check/update Posting Date before posting

On the Sales Order → update the Posting Date field to the actual invoice date before posting.

You can even set the Posting Date = Work Date automatically in settings.

· Change setup in Sales & Receivables Setup

Field: Default Posting Date → you can set it to Work Date instead of Document Date.

This way, the posting date defaults to today whenever posting, not the order date.

Path: Search → Sales & Receivables Setup → Default Posting Date.

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Sumit Singh 11,757 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Agreed with @pallavi on this. The ideal way is to maintain the settings of "No date" under default posting date in your case over Sales & receivables set up. That will help.

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Ben Baxter 6,918 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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As others have said, in Sales and Rec. Setup change the Default Posting Date to No Date. This prevents the Order from being Posted until a User sets the date. The User should simply type "t" in the Posting Date field to enter today's date automatically.

Some AI have wrongly suggested to use "Work Date", which defaults the date of entry into the Order, and it does not get updated as time passes. This is why your Orders are getting Posted on the creation date, not the actual date of posting.

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Ben Baxter

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Hi

It is normal in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central that the "Posting Date" of a posted sales invoice defaults to the date when the sales order was created if it is not manually changed before posting. This Posting Date controls the ledger entries and financial reporting dates. If the invoice is posted in a later period, but the Posting Date is left unchanged, the system will still show the original order creation date as the posting date, causing difficulties and errors in reporting.

To avoid this, the Posting Date and Document Date should be updated manually before posting the invoice. Business Central has setup options like "Posting Date Check on Posting" and "Default Posting Date" that help enforce correct date entry at posting time to prevent accidental date mismatche

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Valentin Castravet 32,157 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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This is normal behavior. Users need to select the posting date of a transaction, so the system doesn’t automatically change it to the date the transaction is posted. This is required because sometimes transactions need to be posted with different posting dates.

For this reason, the posting date must be updated manually each time you post. In your current setup, the posting date field is automatically populated when an order is created. If it helps, you can change this in the Sales & Receivables Setup page so that the posting date defaults to blank.

Valentin Castravet
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