Change of Date Format

capnkeith · Post by **capnkeith** » 12 Dec 2012 11:36

In my Records Window I have noticed in the Dates Column a different format has recently (last 3/4 weeks) appeared.

Instead of:-
1859-1927

I now get:-
b.1859, d.1927

Is this something I have changed unwittingly?

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Post by **tatewise** » 12 Dec 2012 12:20

To investigate your settings follow these instructions:

In the Individual Records Window use Lists > Configure Record Window Columns or right-click the Column Headings and choose Configure Columns.

Select the offending Column name on the right, which is probably Dates, and click Edit in lower right corner.

What is the Expression? It should be =LifeDates(,STD).

capnkeith · Post by **capnkeith** » 12 Dec 2012 14:12

Yep, mine didn't have ,STD in the brackets.

It has changed nearly all of them except a few remaining b's where a bur date has been used because of no death date.

Cheers

Post by **tatewise** » 12 Dec 2012 14:26

It should make no difference whether the Expression is or was:
=LifeDates() or
=LifeDates(,) or
=LifeDates(,STD)
They all should produce simply 1859-1927 without any b. or d..
To produce b.1859, d.1927 would have needed a VERY different Expression.

capnkeith · Post by **capnkeith** » 12 Dec 2012 16:39

So how did I manage to change it and then change it back[confused]
The only expression I have consciously played around with, is the one to identify twins.

PeterR · Post by **PeterR** » 12 Dec 2012 16:48

My expression is the default =LifeDates(,STD). I have the following formats as well as the expected 1859-1927:

bap.1859
bap.1859, bur.1927
bap.1859, d.1927
bur.1927
b.1859, bur.1927

all of which are normal behaviour when there is a burial instead of a death date and/or a baptism instead of a birth date. There are no examples such as b.1859, d.1927.

Post by **tatewise** » 12 Dec 2012 17:16

Keith ~ Exactly what do you change in the Expression and exactly what do you see in the Dates column for each case?

capnkeith · Post by **capnkeith** » 12 Dec 2012 17:17

Yes Peter mine is now the same as yours displaying all the scenarios as you show.
Unfortunately I now don't have any evidence of the one I described in my first post with b and d.

capnkeith · Post by **capnkeith** » 12 Dec 2012 17:27

Tatewise

until your first reply I had not changed anything. I had all the examples as in Peter's post plus the one I put in my first post:-
b.1859, d.1927

I then followed your instructions and inserted the ,STD into the brackets. After that all instances of the above example had disappeared.

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