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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m having some difficulty with the Accession CSV template autoformatting my dates into the incorrect format for ArchivesSpace. It is only a problem with a single date. For example, I will put in 1920-04-29 which is the proper ArchivesSpace
format for date_1_begin. The Accession CSV template then autocorrects it to be 4/29/1920 turning the cell format into a Date format instead of the standard General format. When I switch the cell format back to General it turns the number into 7425. When I
put the correct date (1920-04-29) back in, it again auto formats the cell to a Date format, so it goes back to 4/29/1920. Bizarrely, it does not do the same for another record which has 1865-11-27 as date_1_begin.
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tried to look up how to stop this auto formatting but have not found anything. I even tried setting the date format to English (South Africa) which has a date format of 1920-04-29, but when I save the document, it got rid of all the formatting
and reverts to 4/29/1920. I have tried importing the template without saving so that it keeps the 1920-04-29 date format (set to the English (South Africa)) and it gives an error (#<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>) which I saw on a different
post meant that there is incorrect formatting on the template. It goes without saying that when I tried to import the template with the date as 4/29/1920, it also did not work (though interestingly, returning the same error (#<ArgumentError: invalid byte
sequence in UTF-8>) instead of an incorrect date error).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In another weird twist, the template does not get the (#<ArgumentError: invalid byte sequence in UTF-8>) when accession_accession_date autoformats its cell to date and ArchivesSpace can also deal with the import just fine with the
incorrect date format of 3/29/2023 turning it into 2023/03/29 in the record in ArchivesSpace. Why the difference?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That was a lot of information, but as you can see, I’ve done some troubleshooting to try to figure out the issue and have only become more confused!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone else run into this issue with single dates? Are there any work arounds besides giving up on single dates when importing?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Grateful for any help,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sarah<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Sarah H. Shepherd<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">(she/her/hers)<br>
Archivist<br>
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">33 Marrett Road | Lexington, MA 02421
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Phone: 781-457-4129 | Email: sshepherd@srmml.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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