Date

An ISO 8601 compliant date type.

Syntax

The date literal consists of the following values, separated by a -:

either a four-digit year or a sign with any number of digits for the year (e.g. +252525 meaning year 252525),
a two-digit month of the year,
and a two-digit day of that month.

Example date literals

2024-03-30
+12345-09-21
#!test[read]
#{{
match
  let $x = 2024-03-30;
  let $y = +12345-09-21;
#}}

The minimum supported date is January 1, 262144 BCE, and the maximum supported date is December 31, 262142 CE.

#!test[schema]
define
  attribute publish-date value date;

#!test[write]
insert
  $_ isa publish-date 2025-01-10;