# Misleading date range labels? (Before, After, Between)

**URL:** <https://gramps.discourse.group/t/misleading-date-range-labels-before-after-between/7250>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** dates, familytreeview\
**Created:** [March 15, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/misleading-date-range-labels-before-after-between/7250 "2025-03-15T15:59:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![StoltHD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/db5fbb/32.png) [@StoltHD](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/StoltHD)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/misleading-date-range-labels-before-after-between/7250/18 "2026-03-15T02:10:21Z")

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**This shows how historically incorrect data propagates when blindly following theological formats presented as technical standards like GEDCOM.**

GEDCOM – created by LDS Church for temple ordinance work – treats years as task scheduling (‘no earlier than’) rather than complete historical periods.

‘After 1941’ should mean post-Dec 31st 1941. GEDCOM’s ‘post-Jan 1st 1941’ creates events matching both ‘1941’ AND ‘After 1941’ = chronological absurdity.

_ **LDS temple logic ≠ historical chronology.\*\* Gramps inherits this flawed theological convention, falsifying historical periods.** _

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