dates.md

Dates

Dates for objects and constituents are given in Dates objects. A Dates may represent a single year, a range of years, or a range of years with a beginning but no end.

Dates objects

Examples

A single date:

"dates":{
    "begin":1923,
    "end":1923,
    "display":"July 1923"
},

A date range:

{
    "begin":1866,
    "end":1944,
    "display":"b. 1866, Moscow, Russia; d. 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France"
}

An open ended date range:

{
    "begin":1978,
    "end": null,
    "display":"b. 1978, New York City"
}

Dates fields

Field	Type	Description
begin	number	The start of the date range
end	number	The end of the date range
display	string	Preferred wording or formatting for the dates.