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Excluding the final monstrosity of an example in the GP post here — I think some of these would actually be useful in genealogical (family tree) research software — given the correct kind of UI.

Approximate dates, and unknown portions of dates are fairly commonplace in genealogy.

(No idea what the original author was thinking though — I wonder if the intended use cases are documented anywhere?)



Refugee children are often assigned birthday Jan 1 with an estimated birth year, for purpose of filling out immigration forms. More: https://www.racgp.org.au/afpbackissues/2008/200810/200810ben...

Though, I doubt many collection systems actually recognize this format for uncertain dates.




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