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In the article they use a different text editor, which you may probably use as well (I just never used it, so I recommend the one I’m familiar with), but the syntax of regular expressions is the same no matter which text editor you use. | In the article they use a different text editor, which you may probably use as well (I just never used it, so I recommend the one I’m familiar with), but the syntax of regular expressions is the same no matter which text editor you use. | ||
==Converting Julian dates to Gregorian dates== | |||
Sometimes (very rarely though) the sources that you use may provide only old style dates. In this case you work with the data the same way, but in the end, after the dates are formatted, you just click the ''Julian to Gregorian'' button. All the dates after the calendar reform of 1582 will be converted. The dates before the reform will stay the same. Just make sure you don’t accidentally convert a date that was Gregorian to begin with. | |||
When testing such layer on the Timeline turn on Julian dates in the Menu. This way you'll be able to compare the dates on the Timeline with the dates in the sources that you used, as they will all be Julian dates. | |||