types for Date: 

[alteration]

[broadcast]

[bulk]

[commission]

[creation]

[design]

[destruction]

[discovery]

[exhibition]

[Inclusive]

[other]

[performance]

[publication]

[restoration]

[view]

Definition:

Date or range of dates associated with the creation, design, production, presentation, performance, construction, or alteration, etc. of the work or image. Dates may be expressed as free text or numerical. The boolean circa attribute may be added to either subelement to indicate an approximate date. For image records, the date element refers to the view date, if known. See CCO Chapter 4: Stylistic and Chronological Information for a more thorough discussion of dates. Data Values: earliestDate and latestDate subelements should be formulated according to ISO 8601 standards for data content (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html), i.e. YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD. Dates before the Common Era (BCE or BC) should be entered with a minus sign (-) in the form -YYYY. May contain up to 12 digits to accommodate ancient dates.

Wikicatalog Use:

Repeat additional dates under existing entries.

VRA Core 4: <date>

CCO: Part TWO: Chapter 4: Date

CDWA: Creation - Creation Date

Dublin Core: Date, Coverage

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Examples:

1520-1525 [CREATION]

1845 [restoration]

16th century 

late 4th century BCE
1911[DESIGN], 1942-1948 [CREATION]