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September 17, 2011 2:02pm
Subscribe [3]#1 / Sep 17, 2011 2:02pm
I’m helping a friend create a timeline. Each time is an entry - use a date field. Simple, right? One snag, BC/BCE.
We thought we could then just have a BC/AD field (so 1/1/10000 then mark “BC” if we were talking about 10,000 BC), but I’m not sure how we’d go about sorting our dates correctly in that fashion, or if someone’s encountered this before and has a better method or can point out something simple I’m overlooking.
#2 / Sep 18, 2011 3:36pm
This one came up a while back, see http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/193549/ for a possible solution.
#3 / Sep 18, 2011 5:20pm
Thanks for the helpful tip, Rob.
VodkaFish, did the thread Rob linked provide the direction you were looking for?
#4 / Sep 18, 2011 11:24pm
I’m tinkering with the idea in there and a BC/AD switch.
#5 / Sep 19, 2011 12:27am
I’ll move this to the Community Help forum for you so as to keep the thread open if you wish to discuss any other solutions with Rbob