Re: [Gramps-users] Filter on a date range?

[Doug B. <dou...@gm...>]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:00 AM, Martin Steer <mar...@ma...> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 07:43:10AM -0500, Doug Blank wrote:
>>I wouldn't describe a date range (what you describe as from-and-to
>>dates) as uncertain dates. In Gramps, those are used for any range.
>>For example, "between Jan 15, 1963 and Feb 3, 1964" has no uncertainty
>>to it. You can add qualifiers to those, such as "between before Jan
>>15, 1963 and Feb 3, 1964" but that could because of issues other than
>>uncertainty.
>
> Does Gramps really allow 'between before'? Surely 'between' requires a
> start point and an end point, whereas 'before' allows only an end point?

No, I guess the date validator does not allow those. Just tested and
no modifiers are allowed on either of the "between" dates. I guess the
certainty must be implied from the given precision (eg, "between 1980
and 1985").

-Doug

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