Russ,
Thanks. I'll try that.
Melanie Armstrong
--- R G Strong Genealogy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Melanie, Renee,
> If you want to keep the date such as 12 Dec 1801/02
> and still have the
> double dating work correctly then you need to go
> into the options settings
> for the program and turn on the format checker for
> dates. Just goto the
> dates tab you will find that if you turn this on
> "check formatting" and tick
> "report all questionable dates" that when you enter
> a date in that format a
> window will pop up asking you to verify the date. If
> you pick "accept date
> and continue error checking' then the date will not
> be changed to a single
> date. I just tried it and that works. As I have
> always had this on, I have
> no problems with dates.
> Russ Strong
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Renee Zamora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 7:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates
>
>
> >I have the same problem with my dates. It's very
> frustrating. I can put 12
> >Dec 1801/02 because it will revert back to 1801 -
> weird. If I double date
> >it will double date ones I don't want it to.
> >
> > Renee Zamora
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jenny M Benson"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <LegacyUserGroup@mail.millenniacorp.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 11:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Dates
> >
> >
> >> Melanie Armstrong wrote
> >> >Has anyone else had trouble with dates? When I
> try to put in a date
> >> >like March 17, 1685 it double dates it unless I
> turn the double dating
> >> >feature off. If I turn the double dating feature
> off it turns all my
> >> >dates that are double dated such as March
> 17,1685/86 to March 17, 1685.
> >> >It does this with dates such as Mar 17, 1302
> also. I've contacted
> >> >customer support and the dates work just fine
> for them. Do I have
> >> >something set wrong or is it a bug? Any help
> with this would be
> >> >appreciated.
> >>
> >> I think you'll find the following, from the Help
> file, relevant:
> >>
> >> "Legacy supports the practice of double dating to
> handle the time period
> >> between the changeover from the Julian to the
> Gregorian calendar. To
> >> turn this feature on, click Customize on the
> Options menu, and then
> >> click the Dates tab. With this feature selected,
> entering a date that
> >> falls between January 1, 1583 and March 24, 1752
> (or any cutoff date you
> >> specify) displays it as a double date. You can
> specifically enter the
> >> double date, such as Feb. 16, 1723/24 or Feb 16
> 1723/1724, in which case
> >> Legacy displays it as Feb 16, 1723/24. If you
> don't include the second
> >> year, Legacy accepts the year you entered as the
> second year. Jan 16,
> >> 1652 becomes Jan 16, 1651/52."
> >>
> >> So basically, any date that you enter which falls
> between Jan 1 1583 and
> >> the cutoff date *will* appear as a double date as
> long as you have
> >> double dating switched on.
> >>
> >> Or are you saying that you have this problem with
> dates which fall
> >> *outside* the 1583-1752 period?
> >> --
> >> Jenny M Benson
> >>
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