code: public static Boolean verbatimIsDiscontinuous(String verbatimEventDate) { 
  		Boolean result = null;
  		if (!isEmpty(verbatimEventDate)) { 
  			EventResult containedDate = DateUtils.extractDateFromVerbatimER(verbatimEventDate);
  			if (!containedDate.getResultState().equals(EventResult.EventQCResultState.NOT_RUN)) {
  				// verbatimEventDate contains a date
  				result = false;
  				// Does verbatim event date contain an indicator that a discontinuous range is involved
  				if (verbatimEventDate.contains(" and ")) { result = true; }
  				if (verbatimEventDate.contains(" et ")) { result = true; }
  				if (verbatimEventDate.contains(" & ")) { result = true; }
  			}
  		}
  		return result;
  	}
docs: Test to see if a verbatimEventDate appears to represent a discontinuous range (e.g.
  'Jan 5 and Feb 2 1882'.   When used on an Event that represents a collecting event,
  signals that more than the occurrence should be split into more than one occurrence
  (e.g. one occurrence on Jan 5, another on Feb 2).
  
  @param verbatimEventDate to test
  @return null if no date is found, true if the date appears to be a discontinuous range,
  false otherwise.