[Nhcoll-l] Date format

[Tiana Rehman]

What a coincidence -I recently encountered the same format in some of our specimens. See the attached image of two cropped algal specimens from the BRIT herbarium.  Certainly not an ISO standard!


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From: Nhcoll-l [mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Callomon,Paul
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2018 3:35 PM
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Subject: [Nhcoll-l] Date format

Has anyone come across a label date format in which the date is nestled within the year, thus:

19 3/viii 25
Or
19 23/v 26

I take these to mean August 3, 1925 and May 23, 1926 respectively - correct?

Paul Callomon
Collection Manager, Malacology, Invertebrate Paleontology and General Invertebrates
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