Thank you, Brian, for the explanation. I was able to have two different formats, one for my computer and one for Legacy. Perhaps its was a function of the computer I was using. I have changed my Windows format and am up and running again.
Thanks to all who answered my question. The help files seemed to indicate I was missing something. Elsie -----Original Message----- From: Brian/Support Sent: Tuesday, 24 December, 2013 1:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Input format for dates If you use a combination of words for months and numbers for days and years you can enter anything: 1 Jun, Jun 1, June 1 etc will all be correctly interpreted. It is only when you use all numeric input where there can be confusion between which is the day and which is the month that your input pattern has to match the settings you have in Windows. Your Windows is set to interpret 1 6 1900 as Month Day Year so the 1 is Jan and the 6 is the day. 23 6 1900 will be correctly set as 23 Jun because there is no possible month number 23 (Any number above 12 in the day or month will become a day). In 7.5 and earlier you could specify your numeric input form but there was the same provision that the form you chose had to match your Windows date setting. We in support got trouble reports from users who had set their input to a format which was different from their Windows setting and had problems with numeric dates. In 8.0 we decided since Legacy can read your Windows date format setting we will just do that. Brian Customer Support Millennia Corporation [email protected] http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com On 24/12/2013 1:02 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Thank you, Rob, that is certainly a solution. I was checking to make > sure I wasn’t missing something that was in 7.5. The help files say you > can input a date in any format you want and it will be correct but I > couldn’t make it correct. By changing the format of the operating system > dates, I believe I will have solved my dilemna. > Elsie > *From:* Rob Vader <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, 19 December, 2013 10:19 AM > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Input format for dates > Would it be an idea to enter (e.g.) "12 jan 2013"....or "Jan 12, 2013" > just to be sure that at least the input is correct? You can then check > how Legacy translates it on screen. That is how I do it at least... > > Rob 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
