| Term Name: | dwcore:EarliestDateCollected | 
| Label: | Earliest Date Collected | 
| Term version IRI: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/version/EarliestDateCollected-2007-04-17 | 
| Version of: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/EarliestDateCollected | 
| Issued: | 2007-04-17 | 
| Definition: | The earliest date-time (Common Era calendar) in a date-time period during which an organism or group of organisms was collected or observed. If the event is recorded as occurring at a single date-time, populate both EarliestDateCollected and LatestDateCollected with the same value. | 
| Type: | Property | 
| Status: | deprecated | 
| Replaces: | http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/2003/1.0/version/DayCollected-2003-06-17 | 
| Replaces: | http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/2003/1.0/version/MonthCollected-2003-06-17 | 
| Replaces: | http://digir.net/schema/conceptual/darwin/2003/1.0/version/YearCollected-2003-06-17 | 
| Is replaced by: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/EarliestDateCollected-2008-11-19 | 
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