[Babase] Checking dates against statdate
Karl O. Pinc
babase@www.eco.princeton.edu
Sun, 3 Oct 2004 16:02:38 -0500
Hi,
I know I can't check sexual cycle information against statdate
until after the animal is dead, but can I check rankdate
and interaction date to be sure they don't occur after the
statdate or can I only do this after the individual is dead?
In other words, do you always enter the census before the
interactions and before you do the ranking?
As you can see I'm still worried that waiting to check
statdate until the individual is dead will miss catching
bogus dates, like reversing month and day, etc., which
may be 'valid' by the time the individual dies. Regardless
who wants to wait that long to catch errors?
While we're at it, how about the point sample dates?
I don't know how much checking I'll really do on the
point sample stuff, because it's perfect and all that
having already been checked by the Psion, but I'm
curious anyhow.
Thanks.
Karl <kop@meme.com>
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