Option 2 mark dates as approx/guess

[aaannndddyyy]

Sometimes you interview someone and they don't remember the exact year something happened. Of course, you can do research, or you discard the info altogether. But sometimes, having at least an approximate guess is better than nothing. Yet if you enter it, you may want to mark it as such so that taint take the info for granted and discord other newer info , or so that sou can come back to it later and check.

[michelesalvador]

The Approximate date attribute is intended exactly for that. For example:

ABT 10 FEB 2024

From GEDCOM 5.5.1:

ABT = About, meaning the date is not exact.

[aaannndddyyy]

Where is that option? Haven't seen it. It let's me write a date or choose on the dial. Then it has BC and double checkbox which makes it two years but doesn't say "about" nor marks it with a ~ symbol. Maybe it's there and I'm just not finding it, which means it's well hidden 😂 Use case: I know someone was born around 1900. I don't know whether 1895, 1898, 1903, but I know it's not 2009

[aaannndddyyy]

Or do you mean that I manually write ABT in front of the date ?

PS: just tried. Yes, that works. But it requires to read the docs or ask, like I did. Some people just open an app and use it and prefer it to be self-explanatory. So maybe have it in the UI? Otherwise, this issue can be closed because ABT exists and is working