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Dates Date 1 and Date 2

Bytes

ALL: 008/07–14

Input standards

BKS, VIS, MIX, MAP, SCO, REC, COM: Mandatory. Eight-character code. Default:

,

CNR: Mandatory. Default:

, 9999

Definition

All formats

Dates represents two MARC fields: Date 1 and Date 2. Each date has four digits, separated by a comma.

Guidelines

Choose the code for DtSt concurrently with choosing dates in Date 1 and Date 2. For most records you derive date information from field 260 subfield ‡c, field 261 subfield ‡d for Pre-AACR1 Revised films, field 262 subfield ‡d for pre-AACR2 sound recordings, field 362 (Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation) and notes (5xx). See DtSt for more information.

In Connexion client, if field 260 subfield ‡c contains a date and the fixed field element Date 1 is blank, the client transfers the date in 260 subfield ‡c to Date 1 upon reformatting the record.

CNR

Use Date 1 for the beginning date of publication (chronological designation) and Date 2 for the ending date. See DtSt for more information.

Reprints and reproductions.

Enter the dates of the original in Dates. Code DtSt for the original. Enter date information for the reprint or reproduction in field 533 and field 539 subfields ‡a, ‡b and ‡c.

Date of serial covers more than one year.

Enter the latest named year.

Dates			1967, 9999
362	0		1966/67-

Dates:			1924, 1956
362	0		1923/24-1955/56

Base date on period covered.

Enter data based on the period covered.

Dates:			1979, 9999
[Biennial report for 1978/79 (1980-).]

Dates:			1985, 9999
[Projections for 1985 (1975-).]

Serial date has more than one date in the Christian era.

Enter the first named Christian era year.

Dates:			1971, 9999
362	0		1350 [1971 or 1972]-

Codes

u	Use u for missing digits . Use the following guidelines.

Use u in Dates when the exact digit of a date is missing.
Use u for digits missing in probable dates.
Enter the date to the closest decade or century. Substitute a lowercase u for each missing digit.
Use u for "No dates [n.d.]" for pre-AACR2 cataloging.

DtSt:			m
Dates:			uuuu,1980
[-1980 Exact digits missing.]

DtSt:			u
Dates:			19uu,uuuu
[Sometime after 1899.]

DtSt:			q
Dates:			18uu,19uu
260			Amsterdam : ‡b Elsevier, ‡c [19th century and early 20th century]
[Decade is missing for both earliest and latest date.]

DtSt:			u
Dates:			1uuu,uuuu
[If a date is completely missing, you may infer the millennium.]

DtSt:			r
Dates:			1966,uuuu
260			New York : ‡b Macmillan, ‡c 1966
500			Reprinted from Green Howard's Gazette.
[Original date of publication is missing.]

DtSt:			r
Dates:			uuuu,1963
260			New York ‡c [n.d.]
500			Previously published in 1963.
[Pre-AACR2 cataloging.]

DtSt:			m
Dates:			1943,197u
260			New York : ‡b Dover ‡c 1943- [197-?]
[Probable date has missing digit (197-?).]

DtSt:			e
Dates:			1976, 11uu
260			U.S. : ‡b Triangle Film Corp. ‡c Nov. 1976.
[Televised material giving the date of original broadcast. Day of month is not* given, but you can infer that the broadcast occurred on a specific day.]*

DtSt:			r
Dates:			1983,1857
260			Boston : ‡b [s.n., ‡c 1983?].
500			Original version: Pittsburg, Pa. : W'm Schuchman & Bro. Lith, [1857]
[Probable date has no missing digits. Do not* use u.]*

DtSt:			s
Dates:			1966,
260			Boston : ‡b Target Press, ‡c 1966?
[Single probable date. Do not* use u.]*

Blanks. Use blanks when the Dates are not applicable. For example in B.C. dates, single date in Date 1 or if no day is given for technical report (see examples below).

9999. Use 9999 in Dates 2 for current serials and for incomplete multipart nonserials.

DtSt:		c
Dates:		1984,9999
260		New York : ‡b Xerox Films, ‡c 1984-
362	0	1984-
[Current serial]

DtSt:			k
Dates:			1929,9999
[Incomplete multipart nonserial.]

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