Sci2 Manual : 2.3.2 Date Format
This page last changed on Apr 28, 2011 by kongch.
The date format is the format that represents the date system used by the date data. The Sci2 algorithms support date format schema that is defined in the Java documentation at here. The following are some guides to identify the date formats used in your data set. How to view the date string in the data setMost of the editor will convert the date string to the human readable format. For example, a date 'January 3, 1999 16:49' is displayed as 3-Jan-99 16:49 in Excel worksheet. So it is recommended you use a plaint text editor. The following is some recommentation: The following are some quick guides about ISI and NSF data's date format. Common date format for NSF and ISI dataNSFA standard NSF file contains the following date columns: Start Date, Last Amendment Date, and Expiration Date. An example of the date string and the relative date format is shown below. ISIA standard ISI file contains the following date columns: Cited Year, Publication Date and Publication Year. The Cited Year and Publication Year columns only contains year information while the publication date only contains month and day of month information. The following is the examples of the date string with the relative date format. The Cited Year and Publication Year columns The Publication Date column Other dataIf your data is not ISI nor NSF data. You can use on of the following guides to retrieve the date format of your data. Convert with Excel worksheet and use the following settingThis only applicable if your data file is compatible with Excel worksheet Example date: 3/12/2011 13:17 Example date: 3/12/2011 Example date: 1-Apr Example date: 1-Jan-11 Do it your self with Java Documentationi) Find out your date string by following the 'How to view the date string in the data set' guidance |
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