Some people may be misinterpreting the function of the scanner. Just like the possible problem list in PAF that flags things like children born when the mother is older than a certain age, it is to alert you to *potential* problem dates, including times when extra characters and text are included in the date field. It is for you to decide if the flag is meaningful in that particular instance, just as you would decide if the woman really did have a child at age 50. Gary Templeman ----- Original Message ----- From: "FredV" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [PAF-5] PAF-5-USERS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 39 > Ok, any date in Jan-Mar in the 1700's in the US or UK should be written > double, because of the Julian to Gregorian calendar change, google that if > more info is needed.. > Sooo... > Feb 29,1750(OS)for example (And I did not look it up to see if it's a leap > year or not) > Would HAVE to be written Feb 29, 1750/1. With the Old style calendar > (Julian) the event would happen in 1750. In the New Sytle calendar > (Gregorian) it would happen in 1751, as the year formerly ended in > March..So > some folks find the event date in one of those years, and "correct" the > date > to whichever year they found..The pafdate program flagged Feb 29, 1750/1 > as > an error..probably because one of those years was not a leap year..And I > spent a couple of moments trying to fix something that was not > broken..Justa > pet peave, I feel better now...:-) > > > Regards, Fred > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ross G.H. Cotton > Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 10:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAF-5] PAF-5-USERS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 39 > > Fred > I think you should give us an example of what you are mentioning, so we > can > understand your point? > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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