Print the expression inside the quotes in the Date field as is

humert

There is information in the date field as "1986-1994" and I want to see it as a direct reference. Is it possible to do this without dealing with the extra field? When I write this expression as date (or issued): "1986-1994" to extra, it seems fine, but when I export this record as json and import it again (which I often need to import libraries from json files), this information is placed in the date field as "1986-1994" instead of the extra, and it is reflected in the reference as 1986 instead of direct.

adamsmith

Currently, Extra is the only way to handle this. A better date field (able to handle things like date ranges and uncertain dates) is very much needed, but absent that, the Extra field is the only way to go and the roundtrip issues are going to be as described by you (and that's pretty much unavoidable, unfortunately).

humert

Thank you for your quick response.

bwiernik

Note that the correct way to enter a date range in Extra is like this:

Issued: 1986/1964

This will get correctly formatted with an – dash