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* Required.  
* Required.
* A 10 character code in the form YYYY.MM.DD, unique to every distinct issue in a series and used to represent the publication date of the comic for sorting purposes. This field is required for easy chronological sorting of issues, but is not shown in searches on the website.  
* A 10 character code in the form YYYY.MM.DD, unique to every distinct issue in a series and used to represent the publication date of the comic for sorting purposes. This field is required for easy chronological sorting of issues, but is not shown in searches on the website.
* The YYYY represents the four-digit year the issue was published. If the publication date spans two years (e.g. December 1968-January 1969), use the first year.  
* The YYYY represents the four-digit year the issue was published. If the publication date spans two years (e.g. December 1968-January 1969), use the first year.
* The MM represents the month. For bimonthly publications that list more than one month in their indicia (e.g. January-February 1955), the KeyDate should be based on the first month. For quarterly publications, “Spring” issues may be indexed as “04”, “Summer” issues may be indexed as “07”, “Fall” issues may be indexed as “10”, and “Winter” or “Holiday” issues may be indexed as “00” or “13”, depending on whether they were published early or late in the year. If the month of publication is not known, either “00” or “13” may be used for MM. 00 is used for an issue published before issues for which a month is known, 13 is used for an issue published after issues for which a month is known.)
* The MM represents the month. For bimonthly publications that list more than one month in their indicia (e.g. January-February 1955), the Keydate should be based on the first month. For quarterly publications, "Spring" issues should be indexed as "04", "Summer" issues should be indexed as "07", "Fall" issues should be indexed as "10", and "Winter" or "Holiday" issues should be indexed as "01" or "12", depending on whether they were published early or late in the year. If the month of publication is not known, either "00" or "13" may be used for MM. "00" is used for an issue published before issues for which a month is known, "13" is used for an issue published after issues for which a month is known.
* The DD represents the day. For a monthly series, DD is represented as a standard value of 10. If a series is published with a frequency greater than monthly, then the exact day of publication is indicated. For example, two consecutive issues of a biweekly publication might have the KeyDates 2002.01.09 and 2002.01.23. If the exact day of publication is not known, any combination of dates that allows the issue published earlier to sort first may be substituted.  
* The DD represents the day. For a monthly series, DD is represented as a standard value of 00. If a series is published with a frequency greater than monthly, then the exact day of publication is indicated if it is known. For example, two consecutive issues of a biweekly publication might have the Keydates 2002.01.09 and 2002.01.23. If the exact day of publication is not known then "10" and "20" should be used on biweekly books, "10", "20", and "30" should be used on biweekly comics where the comic has three issues published during a month and "10", "20", "30", "40" and up to "50" should be used on weekly comics.
* Some series such as Dell's Four Color have the keydates entered in by pattern, since the months of the individual issues are generally unknown.  
* Some series such as Dell's Four Color have the keydates entered in by pattern, since the months of the individual issues are generally unknown.
* Examples:  
* Making sure that the issues in a series sort in the correct order is the most important thing in establishing the Keydates, but trying to get as close as possible to the actual publication date of a comic makes searching across series by date more likely to be correct
  * 1980.02.10 (for February 1980)  
* Examples:
  * 1945.01.10 (for January 1945)  
  * 1980.02.00 (for February 1980)
  * 1960.00.00 (for unknown date in 1960 or unknown date in the 1960s)  
  * 1945.01.00 (for January 1945)
  * 1953.04.76 (for Four Color issue #476)  
* 2002.06.09 (for June 9, 2002)
  * 1960.00.00 (for unknown date in 1960 or unknown date in the 1960s)
  * 1953.04.76 (for Four Color issue #476)


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Definition currently under review by the Senior Editors (April 11, 2008)
Definition currently under vote by the Senior Editors (April 15, 2008)


Current Schema: Issues table, Key_Date field
Current Schema: Issues table, Key_Date field

Revision as of 10:31, 15 April 2008

  • Required.
  • A 10 character code in the form YYYY.MM.DD, unique to every distinct issue in a series and used to represent the publication date of the comic for sorting purposes. This field is required for easy chronological sorting of issues, but is not shown in searches on the website.
  • The YYYY represents the four-digit year the issue was published. If the publication date spans two years (e.g. December 1968-January 1969), use the first year.
  • The MM represents the month. For bimonthly publications that list more than one month in their indicia (e.g. January-February 1955), the Keydate should be based on the first month. For quarterly publications, "Spring" issues should be indexed as "04", "Summer" issues should be indexed as "07", "Fall" issues should be indexed as "10", and "Winter" or "Holiday" issues should be indexed as "01" or "12", depending on whether they were published early or late in the year. If the month of publication is not known, either "00" or "13" may be used for MM. "00" is used for an issue published before issues for which a month is known, "13" is used for an issue published after issues for which a month is known.
  • The DD represents the day. For a monthly series, DD is represented as a standard value of 00. If a series is published with a frequency greater than monthly, then the exact day of publication is indicated if it is known. For example, two consecutive issues of a biweekly publication might have the Keydates 2002.01.09 and 2002.01.23. If the exact day of publication is not known then "10" and "20" should be used on biweekly books, "10", "20", and "30" should be used on biweekly comics where the comic has three issues published during a month and "10", "20", "30", "40" and up to "50" should be used on weekly comics.
  • Some series such as Dell's Four Color have the keydates entered in by pattern, since the months of the individual issues are generally unknown.
  • Making sure that the issues in a series sort in the correct order is the most important thing in establishing the Keydates, but trying to get as close as possible to the actual publication date of a comic makes searching across series by date more likely to be correct
  • Examples:
* 1980.02.00 (for February 1980)
* 1945.01.00 (for January 1945)
* 2002.06.09 (for June 9, 2002)
* 1960.00.00 (for unknown date in 1960 or unknown date in the 1960s)
* 1953.04.76 (for Four Color issue #476)

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Definition currently under vote by the Senior Editors (April 15, 2008)

Current Schema: Issues table, Key_Date field