How is the oldest cache in a country calculated? And what if more than one cache was published on the same day?

Question

I'm taking a cruise with a stop in the Bahamas. There are 4 caches published on the oldest day but I'll only be able to get to 2 of them. Geocaching website puts GCC418 first when sorting by date but GCC411 is lowest alphanumerically...  which would project-gc checkers recognize?

Answer 1

It probably depends on where. If they are published the same day they are considered equally old, and the rest should be considered to be random, as it is today.

In the future it might be based on full timestamps (date + time), but that's not how our system works today. I can't tell the timestamps either because we don't have the data in our system.

Answer 2

Easiest way to make sure you got the oldest is to check the tool that shows you the oldest cache: https://project-gc.com/Tools/MapNESW

It shows GCC411 as the oldes cache in Bahamas, you seem to have dropped a C in both GCcodes. GC411 is an archived cache in Georgia, US.

Comments

Sorry..  i mistyped.   Oldest active alphanumerically is GCC411.   Forgot the second C.
The Oldest on the NESW/Oldest tool is showing archived.
But there are 4 caches placed on 2003-01-13
GCC411, GCC413, GCC418, GCC41F,

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Just check the box that removes archived caches. As I said the tool will show you it's GCC411 that's the oldest.

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Oh damn i missed that part.   Thanks for the help!