Cheshire Parish Registers

[1pds]

Hi, can anyone tell me how to work out the date of a baptism listed on the Cheshire Parish Register site?  The one I'm interested in is this:

Field Name   Field Value
KEYCODE    NESTC00200721.00193
PADVER    nestC0721.0
PARISH_CODE    NEST
TAGGED    0
DATED    5791018
FORENAME    THOMAS
SEX    M
FATHER_FORENAME    GEORGE
SURNAME    SPARKE
ILLEGITIMACY    B

It can be found at: http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/

Thanks!

[Gadget]

DATED    579 10 18 = 18 October 1579

[1pds]

Thanks Brevitas - confusing isn't it! 

[Gadget]

We used to do dates like that in computing many many many many years ago 

[stanmapstone]

Dates are explained  at http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/Live/v3.6/gindex.html

dated a CPRdb term to indicate the date (qv) associated with a PR or BT record. Dated entries are present in CPRdb in the form ‘YYYMMDD’ and in Notes using the form ‘1YYYMMDD’ where ‘YYY’ is the 3 digit year o mitting  the first ‘1’, ‘MM’ is the two digit month number, and ‘DD’ the two digit day of the month number.

Stan

[1pds]

Thanks stanmapstone.  I found it eventually last night.  It's a great resource but so difficult to navigate and interpret...

[ThrelfallYorky]

Don't worry, you're not the only one. I've tried and ended up spending ages "decoding" from that site. I must admit, though what's there seems good, my heart drops when I have to ramble round it for anyone. Fortunately (!) most of mine seem to skirt round Cheshire.