c. 999 but not c. 1000 ?
Enter
Sigh.
Ah, I’ll be a clever Zotero-meister. I’ll switch to using the secret Extra field.
Enter
Yay.
But—mystery of mysteries—change that to
and out comes
Huh?
Why do dates before 1000 retain the
Any way to retain the
c. 999
as the date. In styles that don’t wholly ignore the c.
, out comes c 999
, without the period.Sigh.
Ah, I’ll be a clever Zotero-meister. I’ll switch to using the secret Extra field.
Enter
issued: c. 999
and out comes c. 999
, with the period.Yay.
But—mystery of mysteries—change that to
issued: c. 1000
and out comes
1000
, without the c
and without the period.Huh?
Why do dates before 1000 retain the
c.
, but 1000 and after do not? A CSL thing? A citeproc thing? A bug? A feature?Any way to retain the
c.
for years after 999?
Issued: 999?
999?
passes through as999?
but1000?
comes through as1000
.Also, for my format, I do want
c.
instead of?
.This indicates to the citation processor that the date is uncertain and should be indicated as such according to the style. Eg, all of the formats above ads “ca. ” before the date in APA style. The characters are not intended to pass through literally, as the format for indicating uncertain dates varies by style.
If the circa term isn’t showing up, it is likely an issue with how the style is coded.
What style are you using?