[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Dates

[Bronwyn Klimach]

I like any system that allows me to *find* things and tend to agree with
Dan's YYYYMMDD ideas as I have rather a few dates with the year
earlier 1907...  (To my son's amusement I recently entered his date of birth
as 1887 on a document, so you can tell where much of my time is
spent!)     I guess for now we can leave someone else to puzzle over the
year 10,000 problem?

I also enjoy seeing a month written as a word where practicable rather than
having to search a document to find other dates which might give a hint of
the author's origins.

Meanwhile Otto, I'm afraid my few functioning brain cells (see above)
struggle on a bad day so this little gem ending your earlier posting on the
date topic is sending me round in circles:  "Wisdom... has a corrosive
effect on complications."
Think it might be the ultimate solution if I could only get to grips with it
:-)

Bron.



On 10/4/06, Donne, Alexsana <ADonne at sara.com> wrote:
>
> As someone new to genealogy, I have found the different dates to be
> confusing when one can't tell if the day or month is first.  I look for
> a combination that can't exist (like there is no month 17) and let that
> guide me.  A standard with yy/mm/dd would be a lot easier.
>
> I'm also prejudiced to that format. As a research scientist almost all
> data files I've dealt with are saved in the yy/mm/dd format so that
> there is no confusion as to when they were taken.
>
> Lexi
>
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