[Gramps-users] date confusion

[Martin E. A. <aa...@ew...>]

I am entering some dates from the 17th century, which are quoted in the 
New England Historical  and Genealogical Record in the form 31 Jan. 
1688/9, which represents the Julian/Gregorian representation in 
English/American usage.  (Which, alas, I do not fully grok.)

How to enter these?  I am trying 1688/9-01-31.  That is accepted, but 
turns into 1689/90-01-30 (Julian) in gramps' Event Reference Editor 
dialog.  Weird.  Even weirder, if I click OK again on the ERE without 
changing the date field,  the date comes back 1690/1-01-31 on the 
personal record.  And so on to 1691/2-01-31 etc.

This sure looks like a bug.  But maybe I don't understand how 
Julian/Gregorian dates are supposed to be handled.  The help info on 
dates talks about alternative calendars, but not about this particular 
date style.

TIA for advice.

Martin

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