Is there a way to skip the n.d. if there's no date given?

rudivs

I'm using Harvard referencing, and I would like to avoid using the n.d. standard for when there's no date given. Instead I'd like to just use (Author). I can't seem to find the n.d. defined in the .csl file, so I assume it's an in-built Zotero behaviour when there's no date. Is there some way to change this?

Thanks.

rudivs

Actually, I figured out a way to do it... just edited the citation xml:

<citation>
<option name="et-al-min" value="3"/>
<option name="et-al-use-first" value="1"/>
<option name="et-al-subsequent-min" value="3"/>
<option name="et-al-subsequent-use-first" value="1"/>
<option name="disambiguate-add-year-suffix" value="true"/>
<option name="disambiguate-add-names" value="true"/>
<option name="disambiguate-add-givenname" value="true"/>
<layout prefix="(" suffix=")" delimiter="; ">
<group delimiter=", ">
<group delimiter=" ">
<text macro="author-short"/>
<choose>
<if variable="year-date">
<text macro="year-date"/>
</if>
</choose>
</group>
<group>
<label variable="locator" suffix="." form="short"/>
<text variable="locator"/>
</group>
</group>
</layout>
</citation>

It was this section that I edited:

<choose>
<if variable="year-date">
<text macro="year-date"/>
</if>
</choose>

rudivs

Um... seems that didn't actually work, I spoke too soon. It just doesn't do dates at all the way I've changed it. Any suggestions?

Rintze

For Harvard 1, change
<macro name="year-date">
<choose>
<if variable="issued">
<date variable="issued">
<date-part name="year"/>
</date>
</if>
<else>
<text term="no date"/>
</else>
</choose>
</macro>
into
<macro name="year-date">
<date variable="issued">
<date-part name="year"/>
</date>
</macro>

rudivs

Thanks, Rintze, that was exactly what I was looking for.