Hi Bob
Have you tried jan-mar 1856, Legacy does not recognise it as a valid date 
unless you Capitalise the first letter in each month.
I wonder why Legacy removed this date range functionality when Upgrading to 
version 8?

Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Austen [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 17 March 2014 23:08
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] Date Range for Quarters

Hi Alan,

Yes, 7.5 did convert 1-3 1856 to Jan-Mar 1856 - seems like a logical choice.

I have had ongoing discussions with Legacy with the Quarter dates and suggested 
enhancements.  So far, the only 'productive' thing to happen is the recognition 
that entering Jan-Feb-Mar 1856 is simply deleted with no warning, so that has 
been entered for correction.  I should be able to put anything I want in that 
box.

When I convert a Legacy file to a gedcom using Mar Q 1856 I get two dates:
 DATE Bet 1 Jan 1856 and 31 Mar 1856
 _QDATE Mar Q 1856

While Jan-Mar 1856 is Jan-Mar 1856 in the gedcom.


My thoughts:

Jan-Mar 1856            is a date range - Legacy recognizes this.
jan-jun 1856 = Jan-Jun 1856 also a date range
Jan-Feb-Mar 1856        is widely accepted as a Quarter date - but not by Legacy

Legacy conversions
3 1856  = Mar 1856
3 Q 1856 = 3  1856 (note double space)
Mar Q 1856 = Mar Q 1856
mar q 1856 = Mar Q 1856
1-3 1856 = 1 Mar 1856 or Jan 3 1856 depending on your date settings
1.3 1856 = 1 Mar 1856 or Jan 3 1856 depending on your date settings
1,3 1856 = 1 Mar 1856 or Jan 3 1856 depending on your date settings Jan-Mar 
1856 = Jan-Mar 1856
Jan-Feb-Mar 1856 =        (data is deleted) - being corrected but not converted 
to Mar Q 1856

Bob A



-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Pereira [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 4:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [LegacyUG] Date Range for Quarters

In Legacy 7.5 I used to enter the range of Jan-Mar 1856 by typing 1-3 1856.
This does not work the same in L8 as it converts the 1-3 into 1 Mar (UK Date).
I do not like entering the date as Mar Q 1856 as this gets translated in GEDCOM 
to "From Jan to Mar" and I end up with a mixture of date ranges effectively 
meaning the same thing.
Can the L7.5 date range input be reinstated?

Alan Pereira









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