The other way of entering a date to get it to display as a range is to enter "from 1915 to 1916" or "from 5 to 7 November" - but the purists would probably knock that idea as it no doubt interferes with any sorting options.
I wish Legacy could handle date ranges without treating something like 1915-1916 as if it needed the numeric date separator like 21.11.1916 (My Legacy is set to have the dot as the numeric date separator.) but until it does I have opted to put up with 1915.1916 in the display because at least then the sentence reads correctly.
Cheers Jan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Newell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 9:07 AM
Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] adding a - to a date
I have tried this every which way and the only way I can get it to work is to right is to type
between 6 - 11 November 1905
, or I have to do
between 1905 and 1911
If I try to do
18 Feb 1657-1658
It shoots back with
18 Feb 1658
It will not accept the two dates together but it will if I leave a space between them and the -
What is really annoying is that Legacy use to allow me to do this.
Donna
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Paula Ryburn Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 1:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] adding a - to a date
No, for me with dash chosen as date separator, entering "bet 6-10 nov 1900"
for a new Event gives "Bet Nov 6/10, 1900" as the date. It contains a
slash, which is what Donna does not want. She wants "Bet Nov 6-10, 1900" --
well, really she doesn't want the "Bet " in there, but I don't think Legacy
will change that standard. I think, however, Legacy should recognize its
own dash vs. slash (vs. period vs. space) setting and display the date
accordingly.
Sherry?
Thanks, --Paula
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Earnshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 3:28 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] adding a - to a date
Try typing "bet 6-10 nov 1900" - it works like a charm! unfortunately "bet 6-10/11/1900" doesn't work
Jack
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Donna Newell Sent: 13 January 2005 02:56 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] adding a - to a date
That is what I have selected. I am trying to enter a date as, 6-10 Nov
1900, the computer program insists on 6/10 Nov 1900. What I am trying to
get it to do is indicate that the event took place between the 6th and 10th
of November in 1900. Is there a better way of doing it? Or at least one
the program will let me do? The older versions of Legacy allowed me to do
this.
Donna in Buckley
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Cathy Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 6:24 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] adding a - to a date
Hi Sherry and Donna
That's what I thought - change Separator for numeric dates but it doesn't do what Donna wants.
The dash stays if you enter 7 Nov 1876-8 Nov 1876 (and can cope if you add the month in numbers and converts) It also converts / to - if you use the /during entry.
but 7-8 Nov 1876 flicks to 7/8 Nov 1876 despite having dash chosen as separator and 7-8 11 1876 doesn't convert the 11 to Nov.
Cheers, Cathy
At 08:29 AM 13/01/2005, you wrote:
Donna,
Almost, but not quite <g>
In the section "Separators for numeric dates", change that to a dash.
Thanks for using Legacy.
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-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Donna Newell Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 4:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] adding a - to a date
I have it set as 21 Nov 1953. How do you think it should be set?
Donna
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Randy Clark Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 4:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] adding a - to a date
Go to Options|Customize|Dates Displayed As
At 06:51 PM 1/12/2005, you wrote: >Every time I try to add a - to a date, like 7-8 November, the program >inserts a / instead. Thus making the date look like 7/8 November which >isn't what I want. How do I get it to reflect what I type in? > >Donna in Buckley
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