Body: <p>How do I make the field "member since" in Civimember optional? If I leave it blank I can't save a membership. To make things worse you can only select dates back 1997 (if someone has been a member since 1976 you're out of luck). Also if I don't know the date the person became a member.</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2017-10-17T10:28:48.030Z
Comments.Text: Found the solution to the date problem. Field is still mandatory.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Martin
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Comments.CreationDate: 2017-10-17T18:23:52.683Z
Comments.Text: I don't believe you can avoid using this - it requires this as it denotes the commencement of the membership cycle and other things are built off that
Comments.UserDisplayName: petednz - fuzion
Tags: <civimember><fields>
Title: edit member fields in CiviMember
ThreadText: # edit member fields in CiviMember
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-10-17)
  
  How do I make the field "member since" in Civimember optional? If I leave it blank I can't save a membership. To make things worse you can only select dates back 1997 (if someone has been a member since 1976 you're out of luck). Also if I don't know the date the person became a member.
  
  **Tags:** civimember, fields
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Found the solution to the date problem. Field is still mandatory.  
  > **username_1**: I don't believe you can avoid using this - it requires this as it denotes the commencement of the membership cycle and other things are built off that  
  
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