| <date> | contains a date in any format. |
| Attributes: | | calendar | indicates the system or calendar to which the date belongs. | | Datatype: CDATA | | Values: Recommended values include:
Gregorian,
Julian,
Roman,
Mosaic,
Revolutionary,
Islamic. | | Default: #IMPLIED | | Example:
He was born on <date calendar=Gregorian>Feb. 22,
1732</date> (<date calendar=Julian
value='1732-2-22'>Feb. 11, 1731/32, O.S.</date>).
| | value | gives the value of the date in some standard form, usually
yyyy-mm-dd. | | Datatype: CDATA | | Values: Any string representing a date in standard format; recommended
form is ``yyyy-mm-dd'', as defined by ISO 8601: 1988, Data
elements and interchange formats --- Information interchange ---
Representation of dates and times. | | Default: #IMPLIED | | Example:
This list begins in the year 1632, more precisely
on Trinity Sunday, i.e. the Sunday after Pentecost,
in that year the <date calendar=Julian value=1632-6-6>
27th of May (old style)</date>.
| | Note | For simple dates, the value should give the Gregorian date
in the form (yyyy-mm-dd) specified by ISO 8601. More complicated dates
or special applications may require another calendar or another form;
these should be documented in the <stdVals> element in the TEI
Header.
| | certainty | indicates the degree of precision to be attributed to the date. | | Datatype: CDATA | | Values: Any appropriate value, e.g.
ca.,
approx,
after,
before. | | Default: #IMPLIED |
|
| Example |
<date value='1980-02' certainty=approx>early February 1980</date>
|
| Example |
Given on the <date value='1977-06-12'>Twelfth Day of June
in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Seventy-seven of the Republic the Two Hundredth and first
and of the University the Eighty-Sixth.</date>
|
| Example |
<date value='1990-09'>September 1990</date>
|
| Note | |
| Tagset | additional tag set for common core
features |
| Class | data, date,
terminologyInclusions [and indirectly also:] phrase |
| Filename | teicore2 |
| Content: | May contain character data and phrase-level elements. |
| Parents | ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine admin
affiliation author authority bibl biblScope birth bloc byline camera
caption case castItem catDesc cell change channel cl classCode closer
colloc constitution corr country creation damage dataDesc date
dateRange dateline def del derivation desc descrip distance distinct
distributor docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint domain edition
editor education emph equiv etym expan extent fDescr factuality
figDesc firstLang foreign forename form fsDescr funder fw gen genName
gloss gram gramGrp head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur imprint
interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem locale
measure meeting mentioned mood name nameLink note num number occasion
occupation opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth
otherForm p per persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal
pron pubPlace publicationStmt publisher purpose q quote rdg re
recording ref reg region rendition residence resp restore role
roleDesc roleName rs s salute seg sense set setting settlement sic
signed soCalled socecStatus sound speaker sponsor stage street stress
subc supplied surname syll symbol tagUsage tech term termEntry time
timeRange title titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg valDesc
view wit witDetail witness writing xr xref |
| Children | #PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage
date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw
geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num
oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg
restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange
timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref |
| Declaration | <!ELEMENT date - - (%phrase.seq;) >
<!ATTLIST date %a.global
calendar CDATA #IMPLIED
value CDATA #IMPLIED
certainty CDATA #IMPLIED > |
| See | 6.4.4 ; 5.2.4 ; 5.5 ; 6.10.2.3 ; 13.2 ; 23.2.3 ; 20.4 |