esEndDate (enddate)

In which input files is this field used?

In DBS files (and in story-items in DBI files)

What should the field look like?

In the usual files: [enddate:yyyy-mm-dd]
In FSB files: If line 5 (or subsequent) starts with a '#': [enddate:xxx]
In the files y.dbs and z.dbs: fixed position
In the files y.dbs and z.dbs when the storycode starts with YM 0, YM 1, ZM 0, ZM 1, YX 0, YX 1, ZX 0, ZX 1, or ZT: fixed position

What does the field contain?

In case of newspaper strips: the "original" end date of a sequence.
The corresponding original start date is in the field pubdate.

Which checks are done?

The field always has the (international standard) format "yyyy-mm-dd".
If the day is unknown, the field has no "-dd" ("yyyy-mm"). If the month is unknown too, the date is simply a 4-digit year.

If only the quarter of the year is known, the date format is "yyyy-Qx" where x is 1, 2, 3, or 4. For instance "1998-Q3" = 3rd quarter of 1998.

A date field can be followed by a '?'.

If a date contains a letter 'y', 'm', or 'd', the rest of the date, starting with this letter, is ignored. This allows dates like "1978-mm-dd" and "1978-03-dd". (This feature was added to make the input more readable. Use it with care!)

Note that the full 4-digit year is mentioned in the date.

The checking on real dates is not done completely, for instance February 29th is allowed in all years.

Which CSV field(s) use this field?

The field endpublicationdate in table inducks_story

How is the data used in the rest of INDUCKS?

We may want to use this field for checks on the DBI enddate field, but currently we don't.

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