return self.txn.date

class Posting(BasePosting):

    """Enhanced Posting objects

    This class is a subclass of Beancount's native Posting class where

    specific fields are replaced with enhanced versions:

    * The `account` field is an Account object

    * The `units` field is our Amount object (which simply declares that the

      number is always a Decimal—see that docstring for details)

    * The `meta` field is a PostingMeta object

    """

    __slots__ = ()

    account: Account

    units: Amount

    # mypy correctly complains that our MutableMapping is not compatible

    # with Beancount's meta type declaration of Optional[Dict]. IMO

    # Beancount's type declaration is a smidge too specific: I think its type

    # declaration should also use MutableMapping, because it would be very

    # unusual for code to specifically require a Dict over that.

    # If it did, this declaration would pass without issue.

    @classmethod

    def from_beancount(cls,

                       txn: Transaction,

                       index: int,

                       post: Optional[BasePosting]=None,

    ) -> 'Posting':

        if post is None:

            post = txn.postings[index]

        return cls(

            Account(post.account),

            *post[1:5],

            # see rationale above about Posting.meta

            PostingMeta(txn, index, post), # type:ignore[arg-type]

        )

    @classmethod

    def from_txn(cls, txn: Transaction) -> Iterable['Posting']:

        """Yield an enhanced Posting object for every posting in the transaction"""

        for index, post in enumerate(txn.postings):

            yield cls.from_beancount(txn, index, post)

    @classmethod

    def from_entries(cls, entries: Iterable[Directive]) -> Iterable['Posting']: