Thanks everyone for all the help with dates. I will find a system that will work for me with all your wonderful suggestions.
Bill Runolfson In a message dated 8/25/2012 1:52:55 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Mike, Simply that it is not really in common usage, I will not say "non-standard" because there isn't a standard (thank goodness!). I also prefer to use the format which the GRO uses when one orders certificates. I emphasise, that this is just my preference, and I am in no way suggesting others should adopt it. What I was trying to illustrate was that by giving so many different options for date prefixes it enables the users to apply them in ways which have a special meaning to themselves. When published, it doesn't matter whether the reader/viewer knows this meaning because the meaning of the prefix is the same. I have - rarely - had an email asking why I use both on my website, but it does not seem to be something which they pick up. Another reason, although of no great importance, is having to change the "Q Dates" to standard format if a GEDCOM is going to be used in a situation where it would be a valid date. Also, I was using my system when Legacy introduced the "Q Dates", and had to decide whether to amend all my records, a question of added value against effort, and effort won - you can call this laziness :-) Ron Ferguson http://www.fergys.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Mike Fry Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 9:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Date question -- On 2012/08/25 03:05, Ron Ferguson wrote: > As you may know, the English BMD Government Record Office (GRO) indexes > are > grouped into quarters, and Legacy does allow these to be recorded as Q1, > Q2 > etc.. I do not like this method, and prefer to use the GRO practice of > using > the last month of the quarter viz. March, June etc.. By using "Cir" > exclusively for these dates eg. "Cir Mar 1900" I immediately know that I > have > a GRO reference for these, as all other approximate dates are of the form > "Abt Mar 1900". As you know, Legacy allows another form for entering the GRO dates. What do you have against entering these dates as 'Mar Q 1900'? Achieves the same thing in my view, but always willing to assess the point of view of someone else. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg (g) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
