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Date

Match Definition

Date
Description The Date match definition generates match codes which can be used to cluster records containing date information.
Max Length of Match Code 15 characters
Example 1 (Sensitivities
85-100)
Input Cluster ID
2009-10-21 1
2009年10月21日 1
2009/10/21 1
10/21/2009 1
21-Oct-09 1
二零零九年十月二十一日 1
2009/10/22 2
2009/10/23 3
Remarks All digits of the year, month, and day are evaluated. Full-width and half-with characters match. Chinese numerals and Arabic numerals match. Any separators (including Chinese characters) match. Names of months match the corresponding digits that represent those months. When the day and year are ambiguous, it is assumed that the last number is the year. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 00-29 represent years in the range 2000-2029. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 30-99 represent the years 1930-1999.
Example 2 (Sensitivities
80-84)
Input Cluster ID
2009/10/21 1
2009/10/22 1
2009/10/12 2
Remarks All digits of the year and month are evaluated. Only one digit of the day is evaluated. Full-width and half-with characters match. Chinese numerals and Arabic numerals match. Any separators (including Chinese characters) match. Names of months match the corresponding digits that represent those months. When the day and year are ambiguous, it is assumed that the last number is the year. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 00-29 represent years in the range 2000-2029. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 30-99 represent the years 1930-1999.
Example 3 (Sensitivities
75-79)
Input Cluster ID
2009/10/15 1
2009/10/22 1
2009/11/12 2
Remarks All digits of the year and month are evaluated. The day is ignored. Full-width and half-with characters match. Chinese numerals and Arabic numerals match. Any separators (including Chinese characters) match. Names of months match the corresponding digits that represent those months. When the day and year are ambiguous, it is assumed that the last number is the year. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 00-29 represent years in the range 2000-2029. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 30-99 represent the years 1930-1999.
Example 4 (Sensitivities
70-74)
Input Cluster ID
2009/10/15 1
2009/11/22 1
2009/09/12 2
Remarks All digits of the year are evaluated. Only one digit of the month is evaluated. The day is ignored. Full-width and half-with characters match. Chinese numerals and Arabic numerals match. Any separators (including Chinese characters) match. Names of months match the corresponding digits that represent those months. When the day and year are ambiguous, it is assumed that the last number is the year. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 00-29 represent years in the range 2000-2029. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 30-99 represent the years 1930-1999.
Example 5 (Sensitivities
65-69)
Input Cluster ID
2009/10/15 1
2009/11/22 1
2008/09/12 2
Remarks All digits of the year are evaluated. The month and day are ignored. Full-width and half-with characters match. Chinese numerals and Arabic numerals match. Any separators (including Chinese characters) match. When the day and year are ambiguous, it is assumed that the last number is the year. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 00-29 represent years in the range 2000-2029. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 30-99 represent the years 1930-1999.
Example 6 (Sensitivities
60-64)
Input Cluster ID
2009/10/15 1
2008/11/22 1
2012/09/12 2
Remarks Only the first 3 digits of the year are evaluated. The month and day are ignored. Full-width and half-with characters match. Chinese numerals and Arabic numerals match. Any separators (including Chinese characters) match. Names of months match the corresponding digits that represent those months. When the day and year are ambiguous, it is assumed that the last number is the year. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 00-29 represent years in the range 2000-2029. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 30-99 represent the years 1930-1999.
Example 7 (Sensitivities
50-59)
Input Cluster ID
2009/10/15 1
2012/11/22 1
1990/09/12 2
Remarks Only the first 2 digits of the year are evaluated. The month and day are ignored. Full-width and half-with characters match. Chinese numerals and Arabic numerals match. Any separators (including Chinese characters) match. When the day and year are ambiguous, it is assumed that the last number is the year. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 00-29 represent years in the range 2000-2029. It is assumed that two-digit sequences in the range 30-99 represent the years 1930-1999.