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Date format - GEDCOM 5.5.1 - Forum post by brett in Questions and Answers - 9 Feb 2012
Thanks for the clarification on dates.
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Date format - GEDCOM 5.5.1 - Forum post by lkessler in Questions and Answers - 9 Feb 2012
Over at BetterGEDCOM, they're crossing the entire spectrum of dates, from simple to complex to international, so everything is being looked at.
Personally, I don't think that GEDCOM did that bad a job at defining dates. I like the concept of date phrases for anything that isn't a standard date. A partial date ...
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Date format - GEDCOM 5.5.1 - Forum post by brett in Questions and Answers - 9 Feb 2012
Thanks Louis.
To continue a little, do you consider BetterGEDCOM would be looking at incomplete dates as part of their charter?
It seems to me that where some data is known, eg only day or month but no year, it needs to be kept in the GEDCOM, and within Behold, as you have stated above.
However, if Behold will ...
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Date format - GEDCOM 5.5.1 - Forum post by lkessler in Questions and Answers - 9 Feb 2012
It is not correct to put 13 APR into GEDCOM. That is definitely illegal syntax.
There is no "correct" or "not correct" regarding converting non-valid dates to a date phrase. It is my personal opinion that it is best to do so, so that the information entered is still associated with the date and is not lost. ...
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Date format - GEDCOM 5.5.1 - Forum post by brett in Questions and Answers - 9 Feb 2012
Where sufficient data is not recorded eg only 13 APR, should the GEDCOM be produced containing or excluding the non valid data?
Is it correct under GEDCOM standard to convert non valid dates to a date phrase?
When 1.5 or 2.0 arrives, how do you think Behold will export date phrase to GEDCOM?
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Date format - GEDCOM 5.5.1 - Forum post by lkessler in Questions and Answers - 9 Feb 2012
The first four are invalid. You need the year to have a month and you need the year and the month to have the day. Behold will put the first 4 into parentheses, e.g. (13 APR) to make them a date phrase which is valid.
The last two are both valid.
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Date format - GEDCOM 5.5.1 - Forum post by brett in Questions and Answers - 9 Feb 2012
Louis
What is your (or rather Behold's) interpetation of the following dates:
13
13 APR
13 Apr
13 apr
APR 2004
2004
Are they valid or invald GEDCOM 5.5.1?
Brett
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Importing Two Ged Files - Forum post by lkessler in Feature Suggestions - 3 Jan 2012
Well, my idea for Virtual Merging is extremely necessary. Too often, people are merging other people's GEDCOMs into their own, trusting that other people did theirs correctly and proliferating what are called "junk genealogies".
Not only that, you WANT to keep your work separate. If relatives send something ...
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Importing Two Ged Files - Forum post by seecan05 in Feature Suggestions - 3 Jan 2012
Louis,
Thank you for the quick response. You are right in that the cost of $40 is much less than other programs. That is appreciated. It almost seems worth it to purchase 2 memberships, one for files for each side of my family..... notice I said almost. Then when you figure out a way to not have one person ...
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Log File hyperlink - Forum post by brett in Questions and Answers - 9 Feb 2012