Editing dates
Every extracted date can be corrected. Editing happens in the details rail on the right of the results screen, in the same panel you read the event in, so you never lose your place in the chronology.
Where editing happens
The chronology already shows what the form sets: a deadline carries its alarm marker, and a month-only date reads as the month and year rather than a guessed day.
Opening the edit form
There are three ways in, and all three land on the same form.
| Route | Where |
|---|---|
| Edit in the selection toolbar | Select exactly one event in Table. The toolbar appears below the results. |
| Edit in a card's overflow menu | The Timeline, By document and By date type views. |
| Edit in the details rail footer | Any view, once an event is open. |
The rail heading changes from Event details to Edit event. Back in the rail header leaves without saving.
The form, field by field
Date
A single field whose type follows the event's precision. At full precision it is a date picker. At month precision it accepts a month and year. At year precision it accepts a four-digit year, so you cannot enter a day the document never gave.
Under the field: Clearing the field keeps the current date. Undated events can't be set here yet. Emptying the field is not a way to blank a date.
Date precision
How much of the date the source actually stated. Three options:
| Option | Use it when | How the date then reads |
|---|---|---|
| Full date (day, month, year) | The document gives a complete date. | The day and weekday, in the format you chose in the control bar. |
| Month & year only | The document says something like in September 2026. | Sep 2026, with no guessed day. |
| Year only | The document says something like during 2026. | 2026. |
The help text under the dropdown makes the same point: use month or year only when the document does not give a full date, and the timeline then shows just the stated parts instead of an assumed day.
Precision changes display, not position. A partial date stays sorted in the right place in the chronology either way.
Summary
The one-line description that appears on the row. Rewrite it to sharpen the wording or correct what the date represents. The field takes dictation as well as typing.
Date category
Which date type the event is classified under. The dropdown offers the date types this run was built with, plus Other for a date that fits none of them, plus the event's current value if it is already off-vocabulary.
Re-categorising an event moves it in the By date type view and changes which Categories filter it answers to.
Deadline
A toggle, with the note Mark dates that carry an action or obligation the team needs to track. On, the event gains the red alarm marker in the table and a Deadline pill in the card views, and it is counted by the Deadlines only filter.
Turn it on for a notice to serve, a filing to make or a milestone to hit. Turn it off for a date that is purely informational, such as an execution date. This is also how you correct the flag when the extraction over-flagged or under-flagged something.
Fact status
The evidentiary standing of the fact, as four options:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Asserted | Stated in a document. The default, and the only one that carries no badge. |
| Disputed | Contested between the parties. |
| Undisputed | Not contested. |
| Agreed | Agreed between the parties. |
Fact status is the one field you can also change without opening the form. In the read view of the details rail the same four options sit under Fact status, and choosing one saves immediately, with a confirmation that the status was updated.
Notes
Free-text reviewer notes, prompted with Add reviewer notes (optional)…. Use it to record why a date matters, flag it for a colleague, or capture a counterparty's position. This field takes dictation too.
Saving
Save changes writes the edit and returns the rail to the read view. Cancel discards it. Saving is blocked while the summary or the category is empty.
Edits apply to the timeline itself, so they follow through to every view, to the filters, and to anything you export afterwards.
This form edits an existing event. To search for missing dates, check the source and add or re-run an appropriate date type. Manual edits and notes are protected during date-type extraction. The form does not display an edit-history browser; record important context in Notes.
Adding documents
Add documents sits beside Add date type and Assistant in the results toolbar.
- The existing Files panel opens. Select documents there; the inline selection band lists new document names and excludes files already attached. Uploads use the Files panel's normal controls.
- Choose Review selection to review the exact files and estimated credits. Changing the selection clears the old estimate. A valid estimate and sufficient credits are required to continue.
- Choose Add & extract. The documents join the same timeline and are extracted against its current date types. Existing events stay visible while progress is shown.
Document entries distinguish queued work, failed extraction and no events found. A failed extraction does not erase earlier results.
Adding or changing a date type
Add date type opens the template date-type form with Date type name, Description and Output format. A tag output also requires allowed values. Review the extraction cost before confirming; a new type is extracted across the timeline's attached documents.
In By date type, use Edit date type on a configured type to change its definition. Saving updates this timeline's definition and preserves the original saved template. Renaming the type changes its display without requiring extraction. Changing extraction instructions marks it Needs refresh; use Re-run this column to review the separate cost and refresh eligible results.
Re-runs preserve manual additions, edits, notes and older events whose edit history cannot be established. Completion reports updated, protected and failed counts, and failed extraction retains prior results.
Next steps
- Viewing your timeline - the details rail and the rest of the results screen.
- Exporting timelines - download the corrected chronology.
- FAQ - what to do when a date looks wrong.