Source: Schema.org v30.1 offline vocabulary. Official Date definition.
What is Date?
A date value in [ISO 8601 date format](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601).
DataType guidance: Date describes the format or meaning of a value. Use it where a Schema.org property accepts this value type. See the property table below for practical contexts.
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Child types (0)
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Properties that accept Date values (48)
| Property | On types | Description |
|---|---|---|
| applicationDeadline | EducationalOccupationalProgram | The date on which the program stops collecting applications for the next enrollment cycle. Flexible application deadlines (for example, a program with rolling admissions) can be described in a textual string, rather than as a DateTime. |
| applicationStartDate | EducationalOccupationalProgram | The date at which the program begins collecting applications for the next enrollment cycle. |
| auditDate | Certification | Date when a certification was last audited. See also [gs1:certificationAuditDate](https://www.gs1.org/voc/certificationAuditDate). |
| availabilityEnds | ActionAccessSpecification or Demand or Offer | The end of the availability of the product or service included in the offer. |
| availabilityStarts | ActionAccessSpecification or Demand or Offer | The beginning of the availability of the product or service included in the offer. |
| birthDate | Person | Date of birth. |
| commentTime | UserComments | The time at which the UserComment was made. |
| dateCreated | CreativeWork or DataFeedItem | The date on which the CreativeWork was created or the item was added to a DataFeed. |
| dateDeleted | DataFeedItem | The datetime the item was removed from the DataFeed. |
| dateIssued | Ticket | The date the ticket was issued. |
| dateModified | CreativeWork or DataFeedItem | The date on which the CreativeWork was most recently modified or when the item's entry was modified within a DataFeed. |
| datePosted | CDCPMDRecord or JobPosting or RealEstateListing or SpecialAnnouncement | Publication date of an online listing. |
| datePublished | Certification or CreativeWork | Date of first publication or broadcast. For example the date a [[CreativeWork]] was broadcast or a [[Certification]] was issued. |
| dateRead | Message | The date/time at which the message has been read by the recipient if a single recipient exists. |
| dateVehicleFirstRegistered | Vehicle | The date of the first registration of the vehicle with the respective public authorities. |
| deathDate | Person | Date of death. |
| dissolutionDate | Organization | The date that this organization was dissolved. |
| endDate | CreativeWorkSeason or CreativeWorkSeries or DatedMoneySpecification or EducationalOccupationalProgram or Event or MerchantReturnPolicySeasonalOverride or Role or Schedule | The end date and time of the item (in [ISO 8601 date format](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601)). |
| exceptDate | Schedule | Defines a [[Date]] or [[DateTime]] during which a scheduled [[Event]] will not take place. The property allows exceptions to a [[Schedule]] to be specified. If an exception is specified as a [[DateTime]] then only the event that would have started at that specific date and time should be excluded from the schedule. If an exception is specified as a [[Date]] then any event that is scheduled for that 24 hour period should be excluded from the schedule. This allows a whole day to be excluded from the schedule without having to itemise every scheduled event. |
| expectedArrivalFrom | ParcelDelivery | The earliest date the package may arrive. |
| expectedArrivalUntil | ParcelDelivery | The latest date the package may arrive. |
| expires | Certification or CreativeWork | Date the content expires and is no longer useful or available. For example a [[VideoObject]] or [[NewsArticle]] whose availability or relevance is time-limited, a [[ClaimReview]] fact check whose publisher wants to indicate that it may no longer be relevant (or helpful to highlight) after some date, or a [[Certification]] the validity has expired. |
| foundingDate | Organization | The date that this organization was founded. |
| guidelineDate | MedicalGuideline | Date on which this guideline's recommendation was made. |
| jobStartDate | JobPosting | The date on which a successful applicant for this job would be expected to start work. Choose a specific date in the future or use the jobImmediateStart property to indicate the position is to be filled as soon as possible. |
| lastReviewed | WebPage | Date on which the content on this web page was last reviewed for accuracy and/or completeness. |
| legislationDate | Legislation | The date of adoption or signature of the legislation. This is the date at which the text is officially aknowledged to be a legislation, even though it might not even be published or in force. |
| legislationDateOfApplicability | Legislation | The date at which the Legislation becomes applicable. This can sometimes be distinct from the date of entry into force : a text may come in force today, and state it will become applicable in 3 months. |
| legislationDateVersion | Legislation | The point-in-time at which the provided description of the legislation is valid (e.g.: when looking at the law on the 2016-04-07 (= dateVersion), I get the consolidation of 2015-04-12 of the "National Insurance Contributions Act 2015") |
| merchantReturnDays | MerchantReturnPolicy or MerchantReturnPolicySeasonalOverride | Specifies either a fixed return date or the number of days (from the delivery date) that a product can be returned. Used when the [[returnPolicyCategory]] property is specified as [[MerchantReturnFiniteReturnWindow]]. |
| modelDate | Vehicle | The release date of a vehicle model (often used to differentiate versions of the same make and model). |
| observationDate | Observation | The observationDate of an [[Observation]]. |
| orderDate | Order | Date order was placed. |
| paymentDueDate | Invoice or Order | The date that payment is due. |
| previousStartDate | Event | Used in conjunction with eventStatus for rescheduled or cancelled events. This property contains the previously scheduled start date. For rescheduled events, the startDate property should be used for the newly scheduled start date. In the (rare) case of an event that has been postponed and rescheduled multiple times, this field may be repeated. |
| priceValidUntil | Offer | The date after which the price is no longer available. |
| productionDate | Product or Vehicle | The date of production of the item, e.g. vehicle. |
| purchaseDate | Product or Vehicle | The date the item, e.g. vehicle, was purchased by the current owner. |
| releaseDate | Product | The release date of a product or product model. This can be used to distinguish the exact variant of a product. |
| scheduledPaymentDate | Invoice | The date the invoice is scheduled to be paid. |
| scheduledTime | PlanAction | The time the object is scheduled to. |
| sdDatePublished | CreativeWork | Indicates the date on which the current structured data was generated / published. Typically used alongside [[sdPublisher]]. |
| startDate | CreativeWorkSeason or CreativeWorkSeries or DatedMoneySpecification or EducationalOccupationalProgram or Event or MerchantReturnPolicySeasonalOverride or Role or Schedule | The start date and time of the item (in [ISO 8601 date format](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601)). |
| uploadDate | MediaObject | Date (including time if available) when this media object was uploaded to this site. |
| validFrom | Certification or Demand or FinancialIncentive or LocationFeatureSpecification or MonetaryAmount or Offer or OpeningHoursSpecification or Permit or PriceSpecification | The date when the item becomes valid. |
| validThrough | Demand or FinancialIncentive or JobPosting or LocationFeatureSpecification or MonetaryAmount or Offer or OpeningHoursSpecification or PriceSpecification | The date after when the item is not valid. For example the end of an offer, salary period, or a period of opening hours. |
| validUntil | Permit | The date when the item is no longer valid. |
| vehicleModelDate | Vehicle | The release date of a vehicle model (often used to differentiate versions of the same make and model). |
Properties directly defined on Date (0)
This is a DataType: it is mainly used as a property value, not as a Thing with its own descriptive fields. The table above shows properties that accept Date values.
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