Feasibility of submission Expense report approval flow based on submission date

Summary:

Our business query is,

When an expense is created, while we enter the expense item details. We have the date field, and this can be manually entered by the person creating an expense.

We have a scenario. Where an expense was created for Date: 02-May-2025. The Cost Center Manager during that time was XYZ, And the expense was submitted on 05-Jun-2025. The Cost Center manager was inactive from 01-Jun-2025.Now the expense will be sent for approval based on creation date that was manually entered or the submission date.

How about other flow, e.g., line manager/supervisor etc. For these cases whenever the approver turns inactive or is in active state. Which date it follows for the approval flow (Creation date or submission date).