Upgrade StorageBC/AD off-significant time error!
Hello,
I have a reference to a Book Section in Aristotle's "Politics," with a date field of "c. 335-323 BC" (or without the c.) When I drag it into a word processor (style: APA 6th edition), the date reads "335AD."
If I change the date field to "335 BC" (with or without the space) it comes out as "335 BCAD".
If the first number in the field is less than 500, it comes out with an "AD" at the end. Also, any content other than the first number in the field seems to be ignored when choosing that cutoff.
This is a bug, and it puts the reference over 600 years off!
I know that not many people will be citing references B. C. (and wouldn't be surprised if this issue wasn't a test case), but there are a few, and Zotero should allow handling of those.
Can we fix this up?
Grace and peace,
WBT
I have a reference to a Book Section in Aristotle's "Politics," with a date field of "c. 335-323 BC" (or without the c.) When I drag it into a word processor (style: APA 6th edition), the date reads "335AD."
If I change the date field to "335 BC" (with or without the space) it comes out as "335 BCAD".
If the first number in the field is less than 500, it comes out with an "AD" at the end. Also, any content other than the first number in the field seems to be ignored when choosing that cutoff.
This is a bug, and it puts the reference over 600 years off!
I know that not many people will be citing references B. C. (and wouldn't be surprised if this issue wasn't a test case), but there are a few, and Zotero should allow handling of those.
Can we fix this up?
Grace and peace,
WBT
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adamsmithcsl is already able to deal with more complex dates, but those features have not yet been implemented properly into Zotero, so that's what you're seeing - I'm not aware, unfortunately, of viable workarounds at this time, but maybe someone else has a better idea what to do.
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