Parameter: Preservation_date

Dataset: 
Copepod RNA-Seq sample information and accessions
Parameter: 
date_local
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 date_local
Short Description:
 date_local
Official Name:
 date_local
No Data Value:
Description:
 

local month, day and year, usually as a text string, e.g. feb10_1995. It is better to use one of the other forms of presenting date and time data so that the data can be used in computations and for comparisons. Note, if the string begins with numbers but also includes letters, there may be problems using the field name for retrieval.

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Preservation_date
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
preservation date in ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD. Preservation is the date the individual sample was preserved in RNALater and frozen until further processing