Publication date field

The Publication date field records the date that a book, periodical or other document was published.

Field details

Visibility: Public field
Field ID: publication_date
Search example: publication_date: “1912”
Field type: Text field with 40-character limit
Field location: Detail, Core, and Public tabs in the object cataloguing page for library records

Search tips

You can search on this field with its ID:

publication_date

For example, enter publication_date: “1912” into the search field to find documents that were published in the year 1912.

Note: Search both long (01.01.1912) and short (01.01.12) year formats with publication_date:"*.*12"

Related fields

Publisher

Publication place