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Date Approved

Mandatory Repeatable Data Type Authority Public Element
No No Date None No
Definition:

The date when the description of the organization was approved.
Purpose: Provides the date when the description of the organization was approved. Enables NARA employees to track approvals.
Relationship: This element is dependent on Organization Name. To have Date Approved, Organization Name must be created. This element can be associated with Approved By.
Guidance:

Enter the approval date for the description of the organization.

Enter the date in MM/DD/YYYY form.
If the day is unknown, enter the month and the year in MM/YYYY form.
If the month is unknown, enter the year in the YYYY form.
Do not use 00 as the month or day.
Examples:
04/06/2000
04/2000
2000


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