Quick Reference: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#Event

• eventDate
• eventTime

eventDate

Quick Reference: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#eventDate

The eventDate term can be used to capture specific dates at various levels of resolution as well as periods of time with distinct beginnings and endings. It is for this reason that the legacy beginning and ending dates were not retained from previous versions of Darwin Core. Note that eventDate cannot be used to capture information about events on geological time scales. To do so, use the terms in the GeologicalContext class.

Further explanation of the International Standards Organization standard ISO 8601 can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601, but here are some examples:

It is not possible to render a month without a year, or a day without a month and year, or other vague or partial dates and times such as "spring 2010." Dates such as these should be captured in the verbatimEventDate.

eventTime

Quick Reference: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#eventTime

Further explanation of the International Standards Organization standard ISO 8601 can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601.