Payment Entry Cleared with Incorrect Date (Sales Invoice Date Instead of Current Date)

[parasonit]

Information about bug

We have posted a payment entry on 20-09-2024 and a sales invoice on 05-10-24, the system is incorrectly using the sales invoice date for the clearing process, rather than the current date or the user-defined date.
Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a Payment Entry on 20-09-24.
   
2. Create a Sales Invoice on 05-10-24
   
3. Attempt to clear the payment entry by linking it to the sales invoice.
4. The system picks the sales invoice date (05-10-24) for the clearing entry, instead of using the current date(13-11-24) or the date specified by the user.
   

Expected Result: The clearing process should use the current date or a date that is manually selected by the user for the clearing, not the sales invoice date.

Actual Result: The system automatically uses the sales invoice date for the clearing process. This is resulting in incorrect accounting process.

Suggested Fix: Modify the logic to ensure that the date used for the clearing process is either the current date or a user-defined date, rather than defaulting to the sales invoice date.
@ruth

Module

accounts

Version

ERPNext: v15.38.4 (version-15)

Frappe Framework: v15.35.0 (version-15)

Installation method

None

Relevant log output / Stack trace / Full Error Message.

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