How should the publication date of the issue be filled out?
7 de November de 2024This field should be filled with the document’s publication date, not the date the issue was entered into the system. The date should be recorded in the language of the document, omitting prepositions, and months should be abbreviated according to the Month Abbreviation Table.
This is a mandatory field, and the abbreviation “n.d.” (no date) is no longer permitted, as documentation without a clear publication date is considered incomplete and poses a risk to data reliability.
Examples:
July-Dec. 1993
Sept. 1992
1993
Aug.-Oct. 1991
Nov. 1993-Jan. 1994
July 6, 2000
[1999?]Month Abbreviation Table
| Month | Spanish | French | English | Portuguese |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | ene. | janv. | Jan. | jan. |
| February | feb. | févr. | Feb. | fev. |
| March | mar. | mars | Mar. | mar. |
| April | abr. | avril | Apr. | abr. |
| May | mayo | mai | May | maio |
| June | jun. | juin | June | jun. |
| July | jul. | juil | July | jul. |
| August | ago. | aout | Aug. | ago. |
| September | sept. | sept. | Sept. | set. |
| October | oct. | oct. | Oct. | out. |
| November | nov. | nov. | Nov. | nov. |
| December | dic. | déc. | Dec. | dez. |
Category: Bibliographic Description according to LILACS Methodology
