Family Historian User Group

Can anyone please tell me how to change the date format in the date column in the records window. It's now in the format of c. 1910- I would like to get rid of the c. and just show 1910- My reason is that the c. causes the dates to line up incorrectly making it more difficult to glance down the dates.

You need to use Lists> Configure Record Window Columns.
Then select the Dates item on right and click Edit button.
Copy & paste the following Expression:

=Text(Text(Year(EstimatedBirthDate(%INDI%,MID))) . "-" . Text(Year(EstimatedDeathDate(%INDI%,MID))))

This not only eliminates the c. but also gives you life dates based on Birth/Baptism/Christening and Death/Burial/Cremation or if those don't exist then dates derived from close relation's dates.

Thank you very much, that worked well. I can always rely on a quick response to any problems I have from FH Users.

Mike, what would I put if I didn't want the birth and death dates estimated from other events?
I tried to fix the problem myself using the Data Reference Assistant, but couldn't manage to put in valid data. I went to Events - Birth - Date - Abbrev4 and put that in then "-" and then did the same for the Death event date.

You could use:
=Text(Text(%INDI.BIRT.DATE:YEAR%) . "-" . Text(%INDI.DEAT.DATE:YEAR%))

But even the standard =LifeDates() function takes account of Baptism/Christening and Burial/Cremation of the Individual if there are no Birth or Death dates.

You can reduce the number of generations inspected by the EstimatedBirth/DeathDate() functions to just the immediate family by adding a final parameter 0 to both:
=Text(Text(Year(EstimatedBirthDate(%INDI%,MID,0))) . "-" . Text(Year(EstimatedDeathDate(%INDI%,MID,0))))

Note that the 'estimations' only come into play when relations are inspected, otherwise the dates are accurately based on the Individuals own events.

Mike, thank you so much. That's exactly what I wanted.