| Term Name: | dwc:EarliestDateCollected |
| Label: | Earliest Date Collected |
| Term version IRI: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/EarliestDateCollected-2008-11-19 |
| Version of: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/EarliestDateCollected |
| Issued: | 2008-11-19 |
| Definition: | The earliest date-time in a period during which a event occurred. If the event is recorded as occurring at a single date-time, populate both EarliestDateCollected and LatestDateCollected with the same value. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as ISO 8601:2004(E). |
| Type: | Property |
| Status: | deprecated |
| Replaces: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/dwcore/version/EarliestDateCollected-2007-04-17 |
| Is replaced by: | http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/version/eventDate-2009-04-24 |
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http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2008-11-19
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2009-01-18
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2009-01-21
http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/version/terms/2009-01-23