Parameter: COLLECTION_DATE

Dataset: 
Hydrothermal vent parasite species reported in published literature
Parameter: 
date
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 date
Short Description:
 date
Official Name:
 date
No Data Value:
Description:
 

date; generally reported in GMT as YYYYMMDD (year; month; day); also as MMDD (month; day); EqPac dates are local Hawaii time. ISO_Date format is YYYY-MM-DD (http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/iso8601.htm)

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
COLLECTION_DATE
Supplied Units: 
date
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
The date the specimen was collected in format "YYYY-MM-DD". In some cases, only year ("YYYY") or year and month ("YYYY-MM") was provided in the original publication. Missing data identifier NR (not reported in original publication)