Title: How to use dates prior to 1901?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# How to use dates prior to 1901?

 *  [dvdndrsn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvdndrsn/)
 * (@dvdndrsn)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dates-2/)
 * New to this. I’m working on a historical archive, and I’d like to use dates previous
   to 1901 for my post publish dates. Is this possible? When I put in a date before
   1901, it sets the date at 1969 automatically. I’d like to set it at… say… 1849.
   The purpose of this is to easily keep my posts in date order. Any ideas?

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 *  [jorisvanasten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jorisvanasten/)
 * (@jorisvanasten)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dates-2/#post-807070)
 * Having the same problem with a genealogy site. Can not use dates before 1969.
   Why? and how to solve?

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