008/11-14 All materials: Date 2/Ending date of publication

Character position definition and scope:

The Date 2 character positions contain a date specified by the code in 008/06 (Type of date/Publication status). The determination of dates for 008/11-14 is made concurrently with the choice of code for 008/06. See 008/06 code definitions for examples. Also see 008/06 for the legal characters to enter in Date 2. Four fill characters ( |||| ) are used when no attempt has been made to code these character positions.

Record requirements for position 008/11-14 for all types of material: for National-level records - Mandatory; for Minimal-level records - Optional.

Validity by material type: Valid for all types.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Valid character:	Description:
0 - 9	four digits
u	Unknown
#	Not applicable

The table below gives a summary of the date entered in 008/11-14 based on the Type of date code entered in 008/06. For a detailed description of the 008/06-14 entries and for examples on entering the 008/11-14 character positions, click on the specific code description in the 008/06 Type of Date and Code column.

008/06 Type of Date and Code:	008/11-14 Date 2 / Ending date of publication:
No date; B.C. date:
b No dates given; B. C. date involved	Contain # (blanks); use ####.
\| No attempt to code	Contain \| (fill characters); use \|\|\|\|.

Single date:
e Detailed date	Contain the month and day formatted mmdd.
s Single known date/probable date	Contain # (blanks); use ####.

Multiple dates:
i Inclusive dates of collection	Contain the ending inclusive date applicable to a collection.
k Range of years of bulk of collection	Contain the ending year in the range of years covered by most of the material in the collection.
m Multiple dates	Contain the terminal (or ending) date of the range of years of publication.
p Date of distribution/release/issue and production/recording session when different	Contain the date of production/recording session.
r Reprint/reissue date and original date	Contain the date of the original, if known. If multiple dates are available for the original publication, 008/11-14 contain the earlier date.
t Publication date and copyright date	Contain the copyright date. Deposit dates are treated as copyright dates.

Unknown dates:
n Dates unknown	Unknown; use uuuu.
q Questionable date	Exact date is not known but a range of years for the date can be specified. Contain the latest possible date.

Continuing resource publication status:
c Continuing resource currently published	Contain the characters 9999.
d Continuing resource ceased publication (Dead status)	Contain the date the item ceased to be published.
u Continuing resource status unknown	Contain the characters uuuu since no ending date is known.

Content designator history:

Prior to 1995, zeros or blanks were used for unknown portions of Date 1 and Date 2 for some forms of material.