Why not "lobby" Ancestry to change their formatting to conform to Legacy's standard. Why should it be Legacy's responsibility to conform to Ancestry's format?
Ron Bernier On Saturday, April 12, 2014, Bob Austen <[email protected]> wrote: > Legacy does a marvelous job of 'cleaning up' date entries. However, an > English (?) Quarter date must be entered [month] Q [year]. > > > > Legacy says that Jan-Mar 1876 is a date range (I agree) but also suggests > that Jan-Feb-Mar 1876 is a date range, where others (Ancestry for one) > accept this format as a 'Quarter' date (Legacy's Mar Q 1876). You can't > enter Jan-Feb-Mar 1876 as a date in Legacy as it will simply be deleted > without warning - that part is due to be corrected but it will be treated > as a 'bad date'. Why is it a 'bad date'? > > > > Ancestry have recently started using yet another format '1876 - > Jan-Feb-Mar' which, of course, is also a valid way to show an English > quarter date and as such should be allowed as a 'good date' by Legacy but > is currently being trapped incorrectly as a 'bad date'. > > > > I do a lot of copy/paste from Ancestry and always have to change their > quarter date to suit Legacy's criteria for input. I was looking for an > enhancement to convert the entry of Jan-Feb-Mar 1876 to Mar Q 1876. This > would be a simple programming change. Instead, they have chosen to change > the programming to make it a 'bad date' rather than make it a 'good date'. > > Am I alone in this idea for an enhancement? If there is anyone else on > the LUG that would think this to be an improvement I hope you would chime > in... perhaps we can get Legacy to make a minor change to an already great > program. > > > > Bob A > > > > > > > > -- Ron Bernier, Woonsocket, RI 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
