Basic specification
| Collection date |
| The date the plant material was obtained from the field. |
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The Collection date is displayed using a simple text box.
The date is displayed using the format specified in the
Customization settings area. New dates can be specified using
any recognized formatting style. |
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Herbarium view |
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Storage details
| CollectionDate |
| A database timestamp field. |
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Import / export notes
When importing and exporting the column name for this item is
CollectionDate.
When importing with the Merge option, the existing value of this item will be
completely overwritten by the value specified in the input file.
| Delimited file |
A date in any format which follows these examples: Dec 6, 03
Dec 6, 2003
12/06/03
12/06/2003
6-Dec-03
6-Dec-2003
12-06-03
12-06-2003
December 6, 03
December 6, 2003 |
| XML file |
A date in the XML standard format that looks
like: 2003-12-06T00:00:00Z |
| Delimited file |
Exported using the current date display format
as specified in the Customization settings area. |
| XML file |
A date in the XML standard format that looks
like: 2003-12-06T00:00:00Z |
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Publication templates
The replacement tag is <cb:CollectionDate>.
The possible attributes for this tag are shown below.
Values marked with an asterisk are used by default.
| on * |
Show this date using the current date display
format. |
| off |
Replace this tag with nothing. |
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For similar pages in the "Specifications" series see:
Alphabetical index to column specifications
For an index to other topics see
Specimen
Last reviewed March 25, 2004
