Hello John Steed and forum users, I enter my dates into BK7 databases using Type 7 (from the manual) i.e. 15-JUN-1954 with European date input. The entering of most dates is self-explanatory, but I’m not sure how to enter an incomplete date when only month and year are known... Do I enter as ?-JUN-1954 or as __-JUN-1954 or as JUN-1954 ? ...and what about dates to indicate 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th quarters of a registration year? ... Do I enter as (2) 1954 or as (2)-1954 to indicate registered in Apr-May-Jun of 1954 ? As each of these options gets a notice marked in red as ‘Invalid date’ I am none the wiser as to which is the preferred method of expression in BK. Does it matter? Thank you for reading this. Please help me someone. Andrew Jackett of New Zealand. [email protected]
In message <[email protected]>, Andrew Jackett via <[email protected]> writes: >Hello John Steed and forum users, >I enter my dates into BK7 databases using Type 7 (from the manual) i.e. >15-JUN-1954 with European date input. >The entering of most dates is self-explanatory, but I’m not sure how >to enter an incomplete date when only month and year are known... >Do I enter as ?-JUN-1954 or as __-JUN-1954 or as JUN-1954 ? __061954 (or, for approx. 20th century only, __0654). ...and what about dates to indicate 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th quarters of a registration year? ... BK has no way of showing quarters (something I've requested before) - so enter ____1954 and put Q3 in the event note (that's what I do, anyway). Do I enter as (2) 1954 or as (2)-1954 to indicate registered in Apr-May-Jun of 1954 ? As each of these options gets a notice marked in red as ‘Invalid date’ I am none the wiser as to which is the preferred method of expression in BK. Does it matter? I think provided it has done some expansion (e. g. from __0654 to __ JUN 1954), you can ignore the red warning. [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)[email protected]+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf TV and radio presenters are just like many people, except they tend to wear make-up all the time. Especially the radio presenters. - Eddie Mair, in Radio Times 25-31 August 2012
Dear Andrew, If I know only June 1900 than I write mostly: ABT 15-JUN-1900 I have no experience with 1st, 2nd quarter. I think that I should use the data range 1st quarter 1900 Event happened sometime between date 1 and date 2 Date 1: 1-JAN-1900 Date 2: 31-MAR-1900 With my best regards, Max van Dam Rechovoth Israel http://www.maxvandam.info/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Jackett via Sent: 16 June 2015 05:13 To: [email protected] Subject: [BK] How do I write month and year only? Hello John Steed and forum users, I enter my dates into BK7 databases using Type 7 (from the manual) i.e. 15-JUN-1954 with European date input. The entering of most dates is self-explanatory, but I’m not sure how to enter an incomplete date when only month and year are known... Do I enter as ?-JUN-1954 or as __-JUN-1954 or as JUN-1954 ? ...and what about dates to indicate 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th quarters of a registration year? ... Do I enter as (2) 1954 or as (2)-1954 to indicate registered in Apr-May-Jun of 1954 ? As each of these options gets a notice marked in red as ‘Invalid date’ I am none the wiser as to which is the preferred method of expression in BK. Does it matter? Thank you for reading this. Please help me someone. Andrew Jackett of New Zealand. [email protected] Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
My default BK date format is Jun-24-1954. My method of entry is 6/24/1954, then TAB, which BK then converts to the desired format. This is a very easy and efficient method. If I know only the month and year, I enter the numerical month, slash, two spaces, slash, 4-digit year, then TAB. For example, 6/ /1954, then TAB. BK will then convert that to the standard format Jun- -1954. The result is a pleasing uniformity of your date formats. (No question marks, etc.) And I've never had a date problem with GEDCOM exports. This technique definitely works with the formats Jun-24-1954 and Jun 24 1954. It may give different results if you use a different date format, so you'll have to experiment. In the case of your default format 24-Jun-1954, for example, the entry would be two spaces, slash, numerical month, slash, 4-digit-year. The result is that " /6/1954" followed by TAB is converted to -Jun-1954. Rennie BrownWest Union, WV ======================= We're all in this together www.doddridgecountyroots.com Remember me in the family tree,My name, my days, my strife;Then I'll ride upon the wings of timeAnd live an endless life.--------------------------------------- From: Andrew Jackett via <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2015 10:13 PM Subject: [BK] How do I write month and year only? Hello John Steed and forum users, I enter my dates into BK7 databases using Type 7 (from the manual) i.e. 15-JUN-1954 with European date input. The entering of most dates is self-explanatory, but I’m not sure how to enter an incomplete date when only month and year are known... Do I enter as ?-JUN-1954 or as __-JUN-1954 or as JUN-1954 ? ...and what about dates to indicate 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th quarters of a registration year? ... Do I enter as (2) 1954 or as (2)-1954 to indicate registered in Apr-May-Jun of 1954 ? As each of these options gets a notice marked in red as ‘Invalid date’ I am none the wiser as to which is the preferred method of expression in BK. Does it matter? Thank you for reading this. Please help me someone. Andrew Jackett of New Zealand. [email protected] Remember - Use the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/search ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message