Dates

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This page documents advanced features of GRAMPS dates.

Dates

Dates in GRAMPS are much more complex than just a month, day, and year. Dates are always in a particular calendar, can span a timeframe, can be approximate, and have support for many other subtleties specific to genealogy data.

The Date Editor in GRAMPS 3.0 looked like:

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In GRAMPS 3.1, we have added two features for dates: full support for dual dated dates, and the ability to mark dates belonging to a year that did not begin on Jan 1. The new data entry screen currently looks like:

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Dual Dated

Dual dated dates (also called "double dating", "slash dates", and sometimes "Old Style/New Style" dates, appear like July 23, 1735/6. Often mistaken as a year uncertainty, this actually has a specific historic meaning.

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References

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_dating
  2. http://www.genealogy.com/00000771.html