Answers.Body: <p>For CiviCRM 4.6+ go to Administer menu > Customize Data and Screens > Date Preferences. From there, change the Start Offset of SearchDate.</p>
  
  <p>I found this answer in <a href="https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/823/member-since-date-before-1995">Member since date before 1995</a> and although it talks about Membership dates, it apparently applies to Relationship dates too.  </p>
  
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Body: <p>In relationship management you also want the information to be complete and include relationships that were before CiviCRM was used. This could typically be relationships older than 20 years. CiviCRM imposes a limit and I cannot find the setting to change it to our needs. </p>
  
Tags: <relationships><4.6><date-preferences><lts>
Title: How to enter relationship dates before 1997?
ThreadText: # How to enter relationship dates before 1997?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-06-23)
  
  In relationship management you also want the information to be complete and include relationships that were before CiviCRM was used. This could typically be relationships older than 20 years. CiviCRM imposes a limit and I cannot find the setting to change it to our needs.
  
  **Tags:** relationships, 4.6, date-preferences, lts
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2017-06-23. Score: 6
  
  For CiviCRM 4.6+ go to Administer menu > Customize Data and Screens > Date Preferences. From there, change the Start Offset of SearchDate.
  
  I found this answer in [Member since date before 1995](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/823/member-since-date-before-1995) and although it talks about Membership dates, it apparently applies to Relationship dates too.
  
  
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