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Dates and Sorting - Forum post by davej in General Discussion - 3 Jan 2017

Hi Louis, In my humble opinion, genealogy software needs to strive to be able to accommodate whatever is possible in the physical world. In my own genealogical programming, I use that as the litmus test for what's really needed. It's certainly possible and was common for person's lives to span calendar ...
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Dates and Sorting - Forum post by davej in General Discussion - 27 Dec 2016

Hi Louis I think the solution you propose is workable, but I wonder if there is a gotcha to be leery of: mainly concerning the conversion algorithm used to convert Julian to Gregorian. Most Julian-to-Gregorian converters that I find on the web make no attempt to query the first-day-of-year preceding the date ...
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Dates and Sorting - Forum post by davej in General Discussion - 23 Dec 2016

I've been thinking about genealogical sorting algorithms for dates, thought I'd post some thoughts for your feedback. Concerning the storing/sorting format eluded to in a previous blog post, CBYYYYMDD*AA, I see that months for the calendar systems supported by Behold are specified by the designations 1-C, D-O, ...