Updated date and time - a buglet?

philwarnorpkent · Post by **philwarnorpkent** » 30 Oct 2003 19:10

Hi gang,
Importing a GEDCOM file, it correctly lists the updated date for each record but the time is fixed at 00:00

Is this a buglet?

TIA

Phil.

ID:156

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 31 Oct 2003 08:37

Is this on a merge, or on opening a file? Does the original file have times in it?

philwarnorpkent · Post by **philwarnorpkent** » 31 Oct 2003 08:51

Hi Jane,
On opening an existing file and *yes* the file does have times in it. I would not dream of reporting this if the times were zero in the GEDCOM file!
Phil.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 31 Oct 2003 09:46

Can you paste a little bit of the original gedcom here please.

When you save the file after import does the time convert to 00:00 or is the data lost completely?

philwarnorpkent · Post by **philwarnorpkent** » 31 Oct 2003 10:35

Hi Jane,
Here follows the record for my paternal gfather.

>>>>
0 @I44@ INDI
1 SEX M
1 NAME Charles Edward/Warn/
1 FAMC @F25@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 Oct 1876
2 PLAC Tetbury, Gls
1 DEAT
2 DATE 09 Aug 1961
2 PLAC Ringwood, Ham
1 SOUR @6@
1 SOUR @9@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 Sep 2003
2 TIME 01:59
>>>
0 @I44@ INDI
1 NAME Charles Edward /Warn/
1 SEX M
1 BIRT
2 DATE 31 OCT 1876
2 PLAC Tetbury, Gls
1 DEAT
2 DATE 9 AUG 1961
2 PLAC Ringwood, Ham
1 FAMC @F25@
1 FAMS @F13@
1 SOUR @S6@
1 SOUR @S9@
1 CHAN
2 DATE 11 SEP 2003
3 TIME 00:00:00
2 TIME 01:59
<<<<

Ah, I opened up the individual record in FH and I see the last changed time is 'starburst'
So, does FH expect the time to be at level 3 and have three fields I wonder?

Best regards
Phil.

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 31 Oct 2003 10:48

What program is the data coming from it is a problem in that programs export.

To fix it prior to opening the file in FH, you need to replace
2 TIME
With
3 TIME

The format of the change statement shows the time should be a sub off the Date line therefore the number on the front should be incremented.

philwarnorpkent · Post by **philwarnorpkent** » 31 Oct 2003 10:57

Hi Jane,

Thank you for that. The program is the British Peditree, the Windows version of Pedigree. I will let Murray Kennedy, its author, know!

Then, a standard Find and Replace within Wordpad on that line to change 2 to 3 should be a doddle! There only being one group of TIME within the text file.

I even went to the GEDCOM 5.5 Standard and it confirms what you said! NOt that I did not trust you!

Thanks and best wishes
Phil.

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