Meaning of "prehistoric" in the context of datatypes

Hi everyone,

Today I am nosy hehe. Translating SMW I have another doubt, in addition to my last thread opened. The string in question is:

"Unable to interpret a prehistoric "$1" input value. For example, having specified more than years or a calendar model may return unexpected results in a prehistoric context" (link to TranslateWiki).

I would like to know what is the meaning of "prehistoric" in this case to know if I translated it fine, or if there is another word in Spanish for that sense. In Spanish, "prehistoric" is "prehistórico/a" and has two meanings:

1. Part of or related with a period studied by the Prehistory.
2. Antiquated, old.

If "prehistoric" in the context of a datatype refers to antiquated or old, in Spanish I suggest to use "anticuado". Is it refers to any of those meanings?

Thanks in advance!

Regards

Iván Hernández-Cazorla (talk)

> I would like to know what is the meaning of "prehistoric"

Please see [0], hope this clarifies the context.

[0] https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki/blob/master/includes/dataitems/SMW_DI_Time.php#L37-L41

James Hong Kong (talk)

Surly ante-diluvian dates. :) I just expanded the message docu. Thanks for asking!

[[kgh]] (talk)

Thank you, mwjames and Karsten Hoffmeyer! Now I have clear the concept. I added a specification with the year from which a context is considered "prehistoric", I say in a parentheses at the end of the sentence "previous to year 10000", in Spanish "anterior al año 10000". Although as historian I could debate it hahaha. It is a joke, I understand that it is a concept to understand this limitation.

Regards

Iván Hernández-Cazorla (talk)