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Record: Date, YYYY-MM-DD

Definition

Calendar date relating to a record, represented by a sequence of numbers identifying a particular year (YYYY), month (MM), and day (DD)

Components

Data Element (this item)
Record: Date, YYYY-MM-DD

Representation

This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Date YYYY-MM-DD ".
Description

Date YYYY-MM-DD Notation Elements, Meanings and Obligations

Element Meaning
YYYY A four digit year
MM A zero-padded month between 01 and 12
DD A zero-padded day between 01 and 31
Data Type DATE
Format YYYY-MM-DD
Maximum character length 10

Comments

(ISO 8601) Calendar date representations are in the form shown in the adjacent box. [YYYY] indicates a four-digit year, 0000 through 9999. [MM] indicates a two-digit month of the year, 01 through 12. [DD] indicates a two-digit day of that month, 01 through 31. For example, "5 April 1981" may be represented as either "1981-04-05" in the extended/complete format or "19810405" in the basic format.

References

https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html
https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime

Related content

Relation Count
Input in Derivations 0
Output in Derivations 0
Inclusion in Data Set Specifications 0
Inclusion in Data Distributions 6
As a numerator in an Indicator 2
As a denominator in an Indicator 0
As a disaggregation in an Indicator 0