# Writing checks in the 21st century

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-checks-in-the-21st-century/846045>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 6, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-checks-in-the-21st-century/846045 "2020-01-06T22:31:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-checks-in-the-21st-century/846045/61 "2020-01-08T15:32:49Z")

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Yep, most banks don’t care about the date on the cheque, they’ll cash post-dated cheques and even stale-dated cheques at their discretion. The onus is on the writer to have sufficient funds in their account to cover the amount.

They’ll get their money either way.

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