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Date stories
User can manually add a date or span of dates to an object, procedural, or organizational record
Use can choose a date or span of dates from a date picker to add to an object, procedural, or organizational record
User can add an qualified date to an object, procedural, or organizational record (e.g. circa, before, probably, early)
User can add an era, epoch, dynasty, event, or other named time period to an object, procedural, or organizational record (may be supported by a controlled list or vocabulary)
User can create (or system can supply) a display date which summarizes or aggregates other date fields
User can specify the calendar system if it differs from the default
User can view a datestamp on system-generated reports, including audit trail
Sysadmin can set the default calendar system (e.g. Gregorian, Julian)
Sysadmin can specify the parameters of an estimated date (e.g. early 19th century = 1801-1833)
Time stories
User can manually add a time or range of times to an object, procedural, or organizational record
Use can choose a time or span of time from a time picker to add to an object, procedural, or organizational record
User can specify the time zone if it differs from the default
User can view a timestamp on system-generated reports, including audit trail
Sysadmin can set the default time zone
Discussion questions
Do we want to restrict the formatting of entered dates, e.g. YYYYMMDD, or will CSpace validate & convert to ISO-standard format? Nice phrasing from the services description: This behavior generally confirms with Jon Postel's maxum, "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send."