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The =Year(), =DayNumber(), =Timespan() Functions MISCALCULATE Gregorian B.C. years!!
They seem to ignore the A.D. and B.C. selection.

The =Timespan() Function MISCALCULATES Quarter dates.
It seems to ignore the Q1-4 completely!!

The =Timespan() Function MISCALCULATES Simple dates with missing day/month components.
It seems to overlook leap-days if the Timespan is large (more than a few hundred years)!!

Also the Help for =Timespan() says it 'does not allow for the 10 or 11 days that were deducted from the calendar, owing to the changeover date for the Gregorian calendar' but it does adjust for these days the same as =DayNumber()!!

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tatewise said:
The =Year(), =DayNumber(), =Timespan() Functions MISCALCULATE Gregorian B.C. years!!
They seem to ignore the A.D. and B.C. selection.

Fortunately not many of us have managed to find ancestors going back that far.

Gerry

P.S.
Some :XDATETYPE values DISAGREE with the Help documentation.
Estimated and Calculated are swapped around, and several are not capitalised.

Date Type Help Doc :XDATETYPE

(estimated) Estimate calculated
(approx.) Approx approx
(calculated) not given estimated
from/to Period From/To from/to
to Period To to
Interpreted Phrase Interpreted Phrase interpreted phrase

The =Timespan(%INDI.BIRT.DATE%,***,YEARS) Function does not always equal the =AgeAt(%INDI%,***) Function for the same set of dates.
This is because =Timespan() simply subtracts the two year components, whereas =AgeAt() also considers the day & month components.
e.g.
%INDI.BIRT.DATE%    =   10 Dec 2000
%INDI.DEAT.DATE%   =   10 Jan 2001
=Timespan(%INDI.BIRT.DATE%,%INDI.DEAT.DATE%,YEARS)  =  1
Whereas  =AgeAt(%INDI%,%INDI.DEAT.DATE%)  correctly   =  0

The =Timespan(***,***,MONTHS) Function MISCALCULATES the elapsed months.
It seems to compute =Timespan(***,***,YEARS) * 12 for the same dates, and then sometimes adds 1.
e.g. (for same dates as above)
=Timespan(%INDI.BIRT.DATE%,%INDI.DEAT.DATE%,MONTHS)  =  13   (yes thirteen!)
Whereas correctly:
=Timespan(%INDI.BIRT.DATE%,%INDI.DEAT.DATE%,DAYS)   =  31

Thank you for pointing these issues out. They will all be fixed in the next release.