Re: [Gramps-users] Date ranges

[paul w. <pw...@pa...>]

CurtD wrote:
> On 11/02/2016 06:50 AM, Jon Schewe wrote:
>> When you have information about someone living in a particular place for
>> some time, do you use an event with a date range or multiple events with a
>> single date on each?
>> --
>
> I have done both. I came across someone that had lived in a place for 6
> years with no other information. So I used from (Date) to (Date). Later I
> found information for that person that happened in between those dates and
> changed to multiple events so I could keep the events in chronological
> order.
>
> A "range" describes a time period during which the event occurred. between
> (bet) DATE and DATE
>
> A "span" describes a time period during which a condition existed. from DATE
> to DATE

I see no reason to split a span just because another event occurs
within the span.

As a worst case, consider two overlapping spans
e.g. membership of the Groucho Club from 1930 to 1950, membership
of the Grand Order of Water Rats, from 1940 to 1945.

The two spans seem to ideally represent the facts.

  BugBear