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This field is used to store a single date. The notation used is <code>YYYY-MM-DD</code>, where <code>YYYY</code> is the 4-digit year, <code>MM</code> is the 2 digit month (starting at 01) and <code>DD</code> is the 2 digit day of the month (starting at 01).
 
This field is used to store a single date. The notation used is <code>YYYY-MM-DD</code>, where <code>YYYY</code> is the 4-digit year, <code>MM</code> is the 2 digit month (starting at 01) and <code>DD</code> is the 2 digit day of the month (starting at 01).
  
MM and DD may be ommitted, giving the following possible values:
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<code>MM</code> and <code>DD</code> may be omitted, giving the following possible values:
  
 
<pre>  YYYY-MM-DD
 
<pre>  YYYY-MM-DD
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In addition to those properties available in [[API:EPrints/MetaField|EPrints::MetaField]]:
 
In addition to those properties available in [[API:EPrints/MetaField|EPrints::MetaField]]:
  
* input_style = "short"
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** long
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:: Render labeled text entry boxes for year, month and day.
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===input_style===
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* "long"
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: Render labeled text entry boxes for year, month and day.
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* '''"short"'''
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: Render a single text entry box with a Javascript date picker.
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===render_res===
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Reduce the resolution the date is shown as.
  
** short
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* '''"day"'''
:: Render a single text entry box with a Javascript date picker.
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* "month"
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* "year"
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* render_res = "day"
 
: Reduce the resolution the date is shown as.
 
  
* render_style = "long"
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** long
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:: Render the full month name.
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===render_style===
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: Render the full month name.
  
** short
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* "short"
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: Render an abbreviated month name.
  
 
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EPrints 3 Reference: Directory Structure - Metadata Fields - Repository Configuration - XML Config Files - XML Export Format - EPrints data structure - Core API - Data Objects


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NAME

EPrints::MetaField::Date - dates


DESCRIPTION

This field is used to store a single date. The notation used is YYYY-MM-DD, where YYYY is the 4-digit year, MM is the 2 digit month (starting at 01) and DD is the 2 digit day of the month (starting at 01).

MM and DD may be omitted, giving the following possible values:

  YYYY-MM-DD
  YYYY-MM
  YYYY


Database

  • [fieldname]_year SQL_SMALLINT
  • [fieldname]_month SQL_TINYINT
  • [fieldname]_day SQL_TINYINT


Searching

Date fields can be searched as either single values or ranges. Searching for "2006" will also match 2006-12-25. You can search for "2000.." to search dates in or after 2000. Or "2000-12..2003-01" for December 2000 through January 2003.


PROPERTIES

In addition to those properties available in EPrints::MetaField:


input_style

  • "long"
Render labeled text entry boxes for year, month and day.
  • "short"
Render a single text entry box with a Javascript date picker.


render_res

Reduce the resolution the date is shown as.

  • "day"
  • "month"
  • "year"


render_style

  • "long"
Render the full month name.
  • "short"
Render an abbreviated month name.


METHODS

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2011 University of Southampton.

This file is part of EPrints http://www.eprints.org/.

EPrints is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

EPrints is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with EPrints. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.