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   On 2026/2/8 16:39:13, Peter Johnson wrote:   
   > On Fri, 6 Feb 2026 21:59:01 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"    
   > wrote:   
   >    
   >> (The GRO themselves are   
   >> particularly bad, using the first initial of a month to distinguish   
   >> quarters, thus including "J", which unless known, could be January,   
   >> June, or July.)   
   >>   
   > As GRO only use M, J, S and D it's not that difficult. And January and   
   > July are not the end of quarters.   
      
   No, bur you have to work out that they _are_ using the end month (as   
   I've said, all three months are used by some records). (Similarly, M   
   could be March or May.) It wouldn't really have hurt them to use Q1, Q2,   
   Q3, and Q4, rather than M, J, S, and D.   
      
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