Information:
FIELD DEFINITION AND SCOPE
Dates that are associated with the entity described in the record. These include:
For a person: a person's date of birth, date of death, and the date or date range of the
person's period of activity.
For a corporate body: a date or range of dates on which a conference, etc., is held, or a
date with which the corporate body is otherwise associated (e.g., date of
establishment, date of termination, period of activity).
For a family: a significant date associated with the family.
For a work or expression: see subfield $k (Beginning or single date created).
The date and time are recorded according to Representations of Dates and Times (ISO 8601)
in the pattern yyyy, yyyy-mm, or yyyymmdd (4 for the year, 2 for the month, and
2 for the day) unless subfield $2 (Source of date) specifies another date scheme.
INDICATORS
Both indicator positions are undefined; each contains a blank (#).
SUBFIELD CODES
$f - Birth date
The year a person was born. Date of birth may also include the month and day of
the person’s birth.
046 ## $f1931
100 1# $aMunro, Alice,$d1931-
046 ## $f1936-05-05
100 1# $aSmith, John,$d1936 May 5-
$g - Death date
The year a person died. Date of death may also include the month and day of the person’s
death.
046 ## $f1899$g1961
100 1# $aHemingway, Ernest,$d1899-1961
$k - Beginning or single date created
For a work, earliest date (normally the year) associated with a work; that date may be
the date the work was created or first published or released. For an expression, the
earliest date (normally the year) associated with an expression; that date may be the
date of the earliest known manifestation of that expression. In both cases the date in
subfield $k may be the starting date of a range or a single date.
$l - Ending date created
Ending date of the date range for which the beginning date is recorded in $k.
$o - Single or starting date for aggregated content
Single or starting date of original release of the contents of a collection/aggregation.
046 ## $k1985$l9999$o1800$p1899
[A set of English drama originally created 1800-1899 and published as a microform set
beginning in 1985]
046 ## $k1994$o0203$p1486
[Writings created 203-1486 and published as an anthology in 1994]
$p - Ending date for aggregated content
Ending date of original release of the contents of a collection/aggregation.
046 ## $k2006$o1932$p1940
[A DVD set of films originally released 1932-1940 and issued as a collection in 2006]
$q - Establishment date
The year a corporate body was established. Date of establishment may also include the
month and day of the corporate body’s establishment.
046 ## $q1977
100 2# $aDouble Image (Musical group : 1977-)
$r - Termination date
The year a corporate body was terminated. Date of termination may also include the month
and day of the corporate body’s termination.
046 ## $q1970$r1972
110 2# $aBrigham Young University.$bDepartment of Education (1970-1972)
$s - Start period
Earliest date in a period of activity.
$t - End period
Latest date in a period of activity.
046 ## $s1925$t1979
100 3# $aPahlavi (Dynasty : 1925-1979)
$u - Uniform Resource Identifier
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), for example a URL or URN, which provides electronic
access data in a standard syntax. This data can be used for automated access to an
electronic item using one of the Internet protocols.
In field 046, subfield $u is used for the source of information about dates accessible
electronically.
$v - Source of information
Source where the information recorded in field 046 was found if not through a URI.
$2 - Source of date scheme
Source of the date scheme used in the field if not in the form yyyymmdd as specified in
subfield $f (Birth date). Code from: Date and Time Scheme Source Codes.
046 ## $f1831?$2edtf
100 1# $aSmith, James,$d1831?-
[probable year of birth]
$6 - Linkage
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
$8 - Field link and sequence number
See description of this subfield in Appendix A: Control Subfields.
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