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Description:
Year of publication of first-mentioned title.
Statistics Canada style:
Use these formats:
'1988': Used for year of publication of data and documents, and for year of creation of maps and geospatial files.
'No date' or 'n.d.': Used for data products that are updated from time to time; in these cases, the date of update or modification (the update element) should be included in the reference. Also used for dynamic tables such as CANSIM and for web references with no discernible date.
'1988– ': Used for databases, complete series and complete sets of periodicals that began publication in the year shown and continue to the present.
'1988–2000': Used for databases, complete series and complete sets of periodicals that began publication in the first year shown and stopped publishing in the second year shown.
For year ranges here, do not use 'to'; use an en dash: [Alt + 0150] or [Ctrl + Alt + minus sign from the number pad].
End Year element with a period.
