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Editing Dates

Judicio's extraction is accurate, but a poor scan or ambiguous wording can occasionally produce a date that needs a tweak — a precision to coarsen, a category to re-assign, a deadline to flag, or a note for your team. Every extracted date is editable from a single Edit date panel, so you can refine your chronology without leaving the results screen.

Timeline · refine your dates

Opening the Edit date panel​

On the results screen, hover any date row and click the edit (pencil) action, then make your changes in the Edit date panel that opens. The panel is the same from every view — Timeline, By document, By category — and from the event drawer.

The panel holds six things you can change: the date, its precision, the summary, the category, the deadline flag, and notes. Click Save changes to apply them, or Cancel to discard.

Correcting the date​

The Date field is a picker pre-filled with the current value. Pick the correct date from the calendar to fix a misread.

The picker adapts to the date's precision (below): a full date shows a day picker, a month-precision date shows a month-and-year picker, and a year-precision date shows a year field — so you can only enter the parts the date actually has.

Undated events

Clearing the date field keeps the current value rather than blanking it — events that have no date at all can't be given one from this panel yet.

Fixing the precision​

Date precision is what stops a partial date from implying a day the document never stated. Use the dropdown to choose how much of the date is real:

  • Full date (day, month, year) — the document gives a complete date. The timeline shows the day and weekday badge (for example 15 · THU).
  • Month & year only — the document gives only a month ("in September 2026"). The badge shows Sep 2026 — no guessed day.
  • Year only — the document gives only a year ("during 2026"). The badge shows 2026.

Set the precision to match what the source actually says. Judicio keeps the date sorted in the right place in the chronology either way; precision only controls how much of it is shown. See how the badge renders each case in Viewing Your Timeline.

Editing the summary​

The Summary field holds the one-line description that appears on the date row. Rewrite it to sharpen the wording or correct what the date represents. Keep summaries short and consistent across the timeline — they are what you skim, search, and export.

You can dictate the summary with the microphone in the field instead of typing.

Changing the category​

The Date category dropdown lists the date types available for this timeline (the ones your template or request defined), plus an Other bucket. Pick the right category to re-classify the date — it then moves to the correct group in the By category view and matches the corresponding category filter. For the full set of categories, see Date Types and Templates.

Toggling the deadline flag​

The Deadline toggle controls the red 🚩 Deadline flag on the date row. Turn it on for a date that carries an action or obligation your team must track — a notice to serve, a filing to make, a milestone to hit. Turn it off for a date that is purely informational.

This is also how you fix the flag when extraction got it wrong: mark a deadline Judicio missed, or clear one it over-flagged. The toggle drives the Deadlines only filter, so an accurate flag keeps your action list honest.

Adding notes​

The Notes field is free-text annotation for the date. Use it to record why a date matters, flag it for follow-up, or capture a counterparty's position — for example: "Client disputes this date — see email from 10 March 2026." Notes are included in exports, so they travel with the chronology when you share it. You can dictate notes with the microphone as well.

Note rather than guess

If you are unsure about a date, a note is safer than a silent change — it preserves the original extraction while flagging your doubt for the next reviewer.

Saving your changes​

Click Save changes to write the edit back to the timeline; the row updates immediately. Cancel discards everything and restores the original values. Your edits also flow through to exports, so a corrected, annotated timeline downloads exactly as you see it.

Next steps​

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