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Double Dates
On September 2, 1752, Great Britain and her colonies changed
from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar by adding 11 days to
the date. In the Julian calendar, March was the first month and
February was the twelfth month. March 25th was New Year's Day. To help
clarify the recording of dates from January 1st through March 25th, many
people began using a double date system.
To help explain this, we will use George Washington's birthday
as an example. According to the Julian calendar, Washington was born on
11-Feb-1731. According to the Gregorian calendar, it was 22-Feb-1732.
Washington might have recorded his birth date using double dating as
11-Feb- 1731/1732. The first year is the Julian year; the second year
is the Gregorian year. Washington later adapted to the change by adding
11 days to his birth date. This was a common solution to the problem.
Family Scrapbook allows you to record double dates by giving you
an extra four digits in the date fields for the second year. If you do
not need to record a double date, simply ignore the last four digits. A
typical date field will look like this in the program:
DD-MMM-YYYY/YYYY
Note: Not all reports will print out double dates. Many
reports will shorten the dates to the more familiar format, DD-MMM-YYYY.