Islamic/Gregorian Years together at Year Section

erdemli

Most of Arabic books contain two kinds of publication year (Islamic/Gregorian). So, when we add such a year (1431/2010) to date section, the result becomes 1431 or at best 1431 2010.
However, common usage is 1431/2010.
Is there any solution to get this?

bwiernik

Enter the date in the Extra field like this:
issued: 1431/2020

erdemli

Thank you for your response @bwiernik,
I did what you wrote. However, the result has appeared with long dash like 1431–2010

bwiernik

Sorry, I misremembered the syntax. Put the 1431/2016 in quotes:
issued: "1431/2016"

Alternatively, to help preserve correct sorting (e.g., if items should be sorted by their Gregorian dates), you can enter the Gregorian date in the regular date field and the Islamic date in Extra like this:
original-date: 1431

erdemli

Thank you so much @bwiernik,
It works. However, it would be better if we can add it to the date section.

bwiernik

Yes, more robust date support is planned for a future Zotero version.