Ok, thanks for chiming in Alexei. I agree Vincent, that more could be added
to the help to explain ETDF dates. If you have a minute, a ticket in the
https://github.com/archesproject/arches-docs would be appreciated,
especially if you have a specific idea of where it would be most
appropriate to put that info.

Thanks!
Adam

On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 5:42 PM Alexei Peters <[email protected]> wrote:

> Adam, the link (https://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/edtf.html) that
> Vincent just posted is the new (official) spec, which appears to have just
> been posted last month.
> Unfortunately, the library we use still references the old draft, so for
> now we need to stick with the old link in our docs.
> -Alexei
>
> Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. - 971.227.3173
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 8:14 AM Vincent Meijer <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Adam, here is a recently posted page that might be even better:
>> https://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/edtf.html
>>
>> Generally speaking though, a few words of introduction on fuzzy dates and
>> some pointers, e.g. that the data type in Arches can be found as 'edtf',
>> and also some examples of what values can be entered, would be most helpful.
>>
>> I just discovered that using dates like 'Early 2nd Century' actually
>> works well together with the time wheel! Quite impressive, that's a great
>> feature.
>>
>> Now if only I could get periods B.C. to work... But I understand we can't
>> have everything :)
>>
>>
>> On Friday, 7 September 2018 19:06:22 UTC+2, Adam Cox wrote:
>>>
>>> Vincent, the in-app help on the graph tab of the graph designer has a
>>> section called "Default Data Types" which includes a link to this page
>>> https://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/ in the edtf row. Do you think
>>> the link alexei shared above would be more helpful there? Very open to
>>> suggestions.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 5:49 AM, Vincent Meijer <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, i'll look into that. If anyone is already using fuzzy dates in
>>>> Arches, I would love to hear from them!
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 10:41 PM Alexei Peters <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Oops! Here's the link...
>>>>> http://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/pre-submission.html
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. -
>>>>> 971.227.3173
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 11:36 AM, Alexei Peters <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Vincent,
>>>>>> Here's a link to the EDTF proposal.  It has a bunch of examples of
>>>>>> EDTF strings and what they mean and how they should be interpreted.
>>>>>> -Alexei
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Director of Web Development - Farallon Geographics, Inc. -
>>>>>> 971.227.3173
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 3:12 AM, Vincent Meijer <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Since Arches 4.2 fuzzy dates are supported. I am looking for a few
>>>>>>> pointers on how this works and how to use them.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>>
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