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Dates: Date 1 and Date 2

Record Type

BIB

Bytes

ALL: 008/07-14

Input Standards

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

,

CNR: Mandatory. Default:

, 9999

Definition

ALL

Dates of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright, as specified by the code in DtSt. Dates represents two MARC 21 fixed-field elements: Date 1 and Date 2. Each date has four positions usually coded with digits, and they are separated by a comma in OCLC online displays.

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 ǂc, field 264 subfield ǂc, field 362, and 5xx notes. For archival collections and manuscript materials you may also derive date information from field 245 subfields ǂf and ǂg. See DtSt for more information.

Serial publications

Use Date 1 and Date 2 for the beginning and ending dates of a serial based on the chronological designations or issue dates appearing on the first and last issues. If the first and last issues are available but lack chronological designations or issue dates, base Date 1 and Date 2 on the dates of publication of the first and last issues in field 260 or field 264.

First and last issues unavailable. If the first issue of a serial is unavailable, do not use the date given in the "Description based on" note. Instead, enter Date 1 with the closest known year, decade, or century and use the letter u for unknown digits.

DtSt		d
Dates		189u,1896
362	0	-3rd year, number 37 (September 25, 1896).
588	0	1st year, number 49 (November 2, 1894).

If the last issue of a serial is unavailable, do not use the date given in the "Latest issue consulted" note. Instead, enter Date 2 with the closest known year, decade, or century and use the letter u for unknown digits if the serial has ceased publication. If the serial is still being published, enter 9999 in Date 2. If the publication status of the serial is unknown, enter uuuu in Date 2.

DtSt		d
Dates		1890,19uu
362	1	Began in 1890.
588	0	Volume 11, number 49 (January 6, 1900).
588	1	Volume 11, number 49 (January 6, 1900).

DtSt		c
Dates		1925,9999
362	1	Began with: Volume 1, published in 1925.
588	0	Volume 34, number 1 (January/February 1977).
588	1	Volume 61, number 5 (May 2004).

DtSt		u
Dates		1942,uuuu
362	1	Began with: Number 1 (July 20, 1942).
588	0	Number 1 (July 20, 1942).
588	1	October 1946.

Serial reprints and reproductions. Enter the dates of the original serial as outlined above in Dates, and code DtSt for the original serial. In the case of reprints, enter publication dates for the reprint in field 260 subfield ǂc or field 264 subfield ǂc.

DtSt			d
Dates			1932,1942
264		1	New York : ǂb Da Capo Press, ǂc 1982.
362	0		Volume 1, number 1 (May 1932)-volume 11, number 6 (December 1942).
500			Reprint. Originally published monthly: New York : International Juridical Association, 1932-1942.

In the case of reproductions, enter publication dates for the reproduction in field 533 subfield ǂd.

DtSt			d
Dates			1975,1991
264		1	Kingston, Jamaica : ǂb United Theological College of the West Indies, ǂc 1975-1991.
362	0		Volume 1, number 1 (September 1975)-volume 12, number 1 (September 1991).
533			Microfilm. ǂb Princeton, N.J. : ǂc Filmed by Princeton University Libraries for the Latin American Microfilm Project at CRL, ǂd 1992. ǂe 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Date of serial covers more than one year. Enter the latest named year.

DtSt		c
Dates		1967,9999
362	1	Began with 1966/67.

DtSt		d
Dates		1924,1956
362	0	1923/24-1955/56.

Period covered. Enter data based on the period covered.

DtSt			c
Dates			1979,9999
264		1	Washington, D.C. : ǂb National Science Foundation, ǂc 1980-
362	0		1978/79-
[First issue of a report covering 1978/79 published in 1980]

DtSt			c
Dates			1985,9999
264		1	Santa Fe, N.M. : ǂb State Land Office, ǂc 1975-
362	0		1985-
[First issue of a report with projections for 1985 published in 1975]

Date of serial has more than one date in the Common Era. Enter the first named Common Era year.

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

Codes

Blank. Use blanks when the Dates are not applicable. For example in B.C.E. dates, single date in Date 1, or if no day is given for technical report.

DtSt			b
Dates			,
046			k ǂb 150 ǂd 100
260			ǂc [between 150 and 100 B.C.]

DtSt		s
Dates		2011,
264	1	Don Mills, Ontario : ǂb Mira Books, ǂc 2011.

DtSt		e
Dates		2012,05
264	1	Alexandria, Virginia : ǂb American Diabetes Association, ǂc May 2012.

u

Use u for missing digits. Use the following guidelines:

Use u in Dates when the exact digit of a date is missing [Pre-RDA]
Use u for digits missing in probable dates [Pre-RDA]
Enter the date to the closest decade or century, substituting a lowercase u for each missing digit [Pre-RDA]
Use uu for the final two characters of Date 2 if the day is unknown for an event known to have occurred on a specific day, such as an original broadcast date. Leave the final two characters of Date 2 coded blank if there is no day of month given on the item and no day can be inferred. Use the form yyyy,mmdd. [Pre-RDA]
Use u for [date of publication not identified] for pre-RDA hybrid and RDA cataloging

DtSt		m
Dates		uuuu,1980
264	1	London : ǂb Collier Macmillan Publishers, ǂc -1980.
[Beginning date missing]

DtSt			s
Dates			19uu,
260			Ithaca, N.Y. : ǂb Press of Andrews & Church, ǂc [19--?]
[Pre-RDA. Probable century known.]

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

DtSt			s
Dates			1uuu,
260			Philadelphia : ǂb Evangelical Education Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, ǂc [1---?]
[Pre-RDA. If a date is completely missing, you may infer the millennium.]

DtSt		r
Dates		1966,uuuu
264	1	New York : ǂb Macmillan, ǂc 1966.
500		Reprinted from Green Howard's Gazette.
[Original date of publication is missing from reprint note]

DtSt			r
Dates			uuuu,1963
260			New York : ǂb [publisher not identified], ǂc [date of publication not identified]
500			Previously published in 1963.
[Date of publication is not known]

DtSt			m
Dates			1943,197u
260			New York : ǂb Dover ǂc 1943-[197-?]
[Pre-RDA. Probable date has missing digit.]

DtSt		e
Dates		1976, 11uu
264	1	U.S. : ǂb Triangle Film Corporation, ǂc November 1976.
[Televised material giving the date of original broadcast. Day of month is not given, however you can infer that the broadcast occurred on a specific day by supplying uu for the unknown date.]

DtSt		r
Dates		1983,1857
264	1	Boston : ǂb [publisher not identified], ǂc [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,
264	1	Boston : ǂb Target Press, ǂc [1966?]
[Single probable date. Do not* use u.]*

Indexing

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