date

date — The date of publication or revision of a document.

Synopsis

date ::=

  • One of:
    • A date value.
    • A dateTime value.
    • A gYearMonth value.
    • A gYear value.
    • text

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

The date element identifies a date.

Processing expectations

Formatted inline.

DocBook does not specify the format of the date.

Parents

These elements contain date: bibliomixed, bibliomset, info (db.info), info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), info (db.titleonlyreq.info), info (db.titlereq.info), revision.

See Also

Related elements: edition, pubdate, releaseinfo, revhistory.