Survex and dates

[Olly Betts]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 12:45:55PM +0100, Wookey wrote:
> +++ Olly Betts [2010-07-28 12:39 +0100]:
> > So anyway, why not tell us what dates you actually want to be able to use?
> 
> It's been mentioned on this list before. (Graham = file a bug on the
> new Trac system - that might help avoid the details getting
> forgotten).

I can't find anything from Graham before about this issue.  But yes, a
ticket in trac is the best way to keep things together and on the radar.

> They have lots of 1960s data, and some 1950s IIRC and data
> back to 1800s is plausible but in practice if we bottomed out at 1901
> like 32-bit time_t that would be fine for all sensible purposoes.

In the wider context, dates for historical, archaeological or even geological
purposes might be useful, but we can tackle those issues when we get to them.

Cheers,
    Olly