<dpIssueDate>

D E F I N I T I O N:

The issue date of the issue currently being built or queried.

<dpIssueDate
  begin="strftime()"
  separator="default text"
  end="strftime()"
  default="default text"
  style="lower|upper|title|spaced|roman|decimal|identifier|
         noHtml|noHtmlStyle|scriptEncode|uriEncode"
  link="on|off"
  start="#p|#s|#w|#c|begin|end|resume"
  stop="#p|#s|#w|#c|begin|end|resume"
  length="#p|#s|#w|#c|begin|end"
>

The default format for <dpIssueDate> is: <dpIssueDate begin="%B %e - " begin="%B %e, %Y">, which returns a date in this format: "June 25 - July 1, 1999"

A T T R I B U T E S:

begin = "strftime()"

The beginning run date of the issue being built or queried. This attribute takes strftime() syntax, as well as text. Please see table below.

end = "strftime()"

The ending run date of the issue being built or queried. This attribute takes strftime() syntax, as well as text. Please see table below.

separator = "default text"

This attribute takes any text. Common values are " - " and " to ". Please see examples below.

Please refer to the common attributes page for the common attribute descriptions.

strftime() values:

%A	Thursday	National representation of the full weekday name.
%a	Thu	National representation of the abbreviated weekday name, where the abbreviation is the first three characters.
%B	January	National representation of the full month name.
%b	Jan	National representation of the abbreviated month name, where the abbreviation is the first three characters.
%m	01	Month as a decimal number (01-12).
%d	07	Day of the month as a decimal number (01-31).
%e	7	Day of the month as a decimal number (1-31); single digits are preceded by a blank.
%Y	1998	Year with century as a decimal number.
%y	98	Year without century as a decimal number (00-99).
%D	01/07/98	Equivalent to "%m/%d/%y".

Additional strftime() values can be found here.

E X A M P L E S:

<dpIssueDate>	June 25 - July 1, 1998
<dpIssueDate begin="%A" separator=" through " end="%A">	Thursday through Wednesday
<dpIssueDate begin="%A through " end="%A">	Thursday through Wednesday
<dpIssueDate begin="%B %e, %Y">	June 25, 1998
<dpIssueDate end="%B %e, %Y">	July 1, 1998
<dpIssueDate begin="%Y-%m-%d">	1998-06-25
<dpIssueDate begin="%B %e, %Y" style="upper">	JUNE 25, 1998
<dpIssueDate begin="%Y" style="roman">	MCMXCVIII

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