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   From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/2/8 3:15:10, Steve Hayes wrote:   
   > On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 21:59:01 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> FWIW I record such events, if in plain text, as e. g. 1960Q2; in the   
   >> software I use (Brother's Keeper), which doesn't "know about" quarters,   
   >> I enter just the year, with Q2 in the comment field for that event.   
   >   
   > I record events in the 2nd Quarters as "about May yyyy".   
   >   
   > That will sort correctly before or after events in other quarters of   
   > the same year, and has roughly a 1 in 3 chance of being right.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   Or, looking at it another way - a 2 in 3 chance of being wrong :-)   
      
   But mainly, once it's been copied a couple of times - especially if   
   there's any automation involved - the "about" has a tendency to get   
   lost, and the event assumed to be precise to the month.   
      
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