Re: [Gramps-users] Estimate date range gives wrong age field

[John W. K. <Joh...@xs...>]

Rich, Dave,

On 2017-10-25 01:06, Dave Scheipers wrote:
> Hi Rich,
> 
> 4.2.6 on Win10
> 
> I just tested what you did. Birth = 1837, Death = estimated between
> 1861 and 1865
> Age = between 26 and 78
> 
> This appears to be a bug.

Using 4.2.5 I had noticed it too, but hadn't created a bug report for 
it.

> Truthfully, I've never used the "estimated" qualifier. Removing it and
> the age now shows correctly (between 24 and 28)
> 
> If I know someone served in the Civil War without knowing any dates, I
> just put it in with no dates and the description "Civil War". But I
> see no problem putting "between 1861 and 1865". If I find the actual
> dates it would be "from .... to ....". The way I see it, from...
> to.... signifies the actual service during that span of time. I think
> of the between... and... as saying "at some time between these dates,
> the event happened." Most often the between... and... gets put in as
> the birth based upon the age at death and any other events.

I do tend to use about, calculated and estimated quite often as I gather 
new data and refine the data I already have with the ultimate goal to 
get rid of as many of them as I possibly can hoping to, at some point, 
end up with only firm dates.

> 
> Just my 2 cents, Dave
> 

... and mine, Jk.