Data Element: CALENDAR YEAR
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| Name |
Calendar Year |
| Description |
Four-digit numeric code used to represent the year portion of a calendar date. |
| Type |
Numeric |
| Syntax |
NNNN, where each N represents a number from 0 through 9. |
| Recommended Field Name | YEAR |
| Values |
YYYY, where each Y represents a number from 0 through 9. |
| Source |
N/A |
| Historical Data | For information on past versions of this standard, contact: Andrey Andreyev, National Data Administrator, Branch of Data and Systems Services, Division of Information Resources and Technology Management |
| Reference(s) |
Part 270, FW 6, Data Management and Standards, dated September 30, 2002 has been superceded by Part 274, FW 2, Establishing Service Data Standards, dated March 4, 2009. Important Notice: Effective September 2, 2008, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced in the Federal Register, Volume 73, No. 140 (73FR 51276), that the Secretary of Commerce approved the withdrawal of 10 FIPS Publications including Federal Information Processing Standards 4-2, Representation of Calendar Date for Information Interchange, dated November 15, 1998. These FIPS are being withdrawn because they are obsolete, or have not been updated to adopt current voluntary industry standards, federal specifications, federal data standards, or current good practices for information security. FIPS 4-2 adopts American Standard ANSI X3.30-1997: Representation of Date for Information Interchange (revision of ANSI X3.30-1985 {RI991}), which was superseded by ANSI/INCITS 30-1997, Representation for Calendar Date and Ordinal Date for Information Exchange, InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (formerly NCITS), 01 Jan 1998. |
| Use Instructions |
To ensure compliance with the Service Enterprise Architecture (SEA), Service staff will utilize this data element in any new or existing systems, data sets, databases, and information applications, including Geographic Information System (GIS) data and applications. |
| Phase |
Adopted |
| Approval Date |
July 13, 1999 |
| Validation Date |
January 5, 2009 |
| Data Steward |
Andrey Andreyev, National Data Administrator, Branch of Data and Systems Services, Division of Information Resources and Technology Management |