I have just looked at the GedCom file for my Great Aunt, Kezia Webb. Her death date is shown in the GedCom as "Q1 1955" and that is what has been imported into the other programme. Whilst Q1 1955 may not be recognised in the GedCom as a proper date and therefore not used in calculations, it certainly imports the information as I want to see it. If a date such as "12 des 1955" is imported into the GedCom and not converted to the proper date as 12 Dec 1955, then I am correct in my assumption that the GedCom only imports dates as strings of text and what is typed in the date for any event is exactly what is exported via GedCom. All the best. Malcolm Webb mfwebb2005@btinternet.com <mailto:mfwebb2005@btinternet.com> -----Original Message----- From: Otto Jørgensen [mailto:otjoerge@online.no] Sent: 23 February 2012 17:13 To: mfwebb2005@btinternet.com; bk@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BK] Why "invalid date"? Also quarters. On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:55:57 -0000, "Malcolm Webb" <mfwebb2005@btinternet.com> wrote: >I have just checked my GedView programme on my iPhone into which I had >previously imported my BK database by GedCom. The Great Aunt I referred to >is shown with a full birth date of 26 May 1872 and a death date of Q1 1955, >exactly as in my BK database. > >>From my experience therefore GedCom DOES accurately export an "illegal" >date. Maybe it is exported as a string of text and not as a date. if I telle that the death of a person is før 1955 That will allso be importaed but that does not mean that the GEDCOM is correct done. You must look at the GEDCOM What if you tell før q1 1855 the Gedcom will have the same If you say 12 des 1955 the gedcom will tell the same and with the import it is mnot transformed to 12 dec 1955 if you still have the language to english -- Otto Jørgensen http://www.bkwin.info/ All email is checked by NORTON