Single known date/probable date:

Code s (008/06) indicates that the date consists of one known single date of distribution, publication, release, production, execution, writing, or a probable date that can be represented by four digits.  This date is given in 008/07-10.  Character positions 008/11-14 contain # (blanks).  The single date associated with the item may be actual, approximate, or conjectural (e.g., if the single date is uncertain).

Code s is also used for a single unpublished item such as an original or historical graphic when there is a single date associated with the execution of the item.

Examples:

008/06  s

008/07-10  1977

008/11-14  ####

260  ##  $aWashington :$bDept. of State,$c1977.

008/06  s

008/07-10  1981

008/11-14  ####

260  ##  $a[Darmstadt] :$bTetzlaff,$c1980 [i.e. 1981]

008/06  s

008/07-10  1969

008/11-14  ####

260  ##  $aLondon :$bHarcourt, World & Brace,$c[1969?]

008/06  s

008/07-10  1983

008/11-14  ####

260  ##  $a[Yerushalayim :$bE. Fisher,$c744 i.e. 1983 or 1984]

[Non-Gregorian dates with no single Gregorian equivalent.]

008/06  s

008/07-10  1946

008/11-14  ####

260  ##  $aBerlin :$b[s.n.,$cca. 1946]

008/06  s

008/07-10  198u

008/11-14  ####

260  ##  $aNew York :$bHaworth,$c[198-]

008/06  s

008/07-10  19uu

008/11-14  ####

260  ##  $aNew York :$bS.R.A.,$c[19--]

A span of dates associated with a single item of uncertain date is coded as questionable (code q).

Multiple certain dates needed for a single item are coded as multiple dates (code m).

Single or multiple dates associated with a collection are coded as either bulk dates (code k) or inclusive dates (code i).

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008/06  Type of date/Publication status