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FR: Use Date From GEDCOM Tag for Events to add Date Ranges
Feature Request
Please support in the GUI Date From Tag to allow adding events with date ranges
I currently do this manually with the edit raw gedcom with the main use case for immigration, Residence and occupation as they are ranged events usually
In addition please order the event in the individual by the start date not the end date. example if a person worked from 1950 to 2000 the event is then currently placed as 2000 instead of 1950. could be a toggle as to preferred placement
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I'm not sure what you are asking for. It is possible to enter date ranges using the standard edit forms. Shortcuts are available if you don't want to type the GEDCOM date in full. Click the help icon for examples.
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if facts/events have overlapping dates, then they sort the same. For events where the date sorts the same, we look at the event type. BIRT comes before DEAT, etc. If the dates overlap and the events have the same type, then the original order within the GEDCOM file is used.
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guess i should have explained the first one better. you can type out the date range in the date field but i guess was more wondering if you can add an option in the calendar view when selecting a date to optionally have a date range select able. might already be possible i just have not figured out how to do so
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below is an example of the date placements i was talking about. i probably was doing a poor job of explaining but for things with a date range i assumed it would insert the event in the timeline by the start date not end date. using the example the residence from 2017 to 2024 would be inserted prior to the graduation in 2023 since 2017 came first but it's instead looking at the end date. what i'd want would be an option maybe toggleable from within each event to decide which date to use for the placement
Somewhat related to #4156. I.e. considering that from is the beginning of a time period and to is the end of a time period, when sorting events.
for to get correct sorting, never use a date range for an event: use one event for the begin and one for the end.
