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Version: DocBook V4.5

date

date — The date of publication or revision of a document

Synopsis​

Mixed Content Model​

date ::=
(#PCDATA|link|olink|ulink|emphasis|trademark|replaceable|remark|
 subscript|superscript|inlinegraphic|inlinemediaobject|indexterm)*

Attributes​

Common attributes

Description​

The Date element identifies a date.

Processing expectations​

Formatted inline.

DocBook does not specify the format of the date.

Parents​

These elements contain date: appendixinfo, articleinfo, biblioentry, bibliographyinfo, bibliomixed, bibliomset, biblioset, blockinfo, bookinfo, chapterinfo, glossaryinfo, indexinfo, objectinfo, partinfo, prefaceinfo, refentryinfo, referenceinfo, refsect1info, refsect2info, refsect3info, refsectioninfo, refsynopsisdivinfo, revision, sect1info, sect2info, sect3info, sect4info, sect5info, sectioninfo, setindexinfo, setinfo, sidebarinfo.

Children​

The following elements occur in date: emphasis, indexterm, inlinegraphic, inlinemediaobject, link, olink, remark, replaceable, subscript, superscript, trademark, ulink.

See Also​

edition, printhistory, pubdate, releaseinfo, revhistory.

Examples​

For examples, see article, revhistory.