AI-generated Key Takeaways
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          A date is represented as a whole or partial calendar date in the Gregorian Calendar. 
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          A date can represent a full date, a month and day, a year, or a year and month. 
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          The JSON representation of a date includes integer values for year, month, and day. 
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          The fields year,month, anddayhave specific integer value requirements and constraints.
Represents a whole or partial calendar date, such as a birthday. The time of day and time zone are either specified elsewhere or are insignificant. The date is relative to the Gregorian Calendar. This can represent one of the following:
- A full date, with non-zero year, month, and day values.
- A month and day, with a zero year (for example, an anniversary).
- A year on its own, with a zero month and a zero day.
- A year and month, with a zero day (for example, a credit card expiration date).
Related types:
- google.type.TimeOfDay
- google.type.DateTime
- google.protobuf.Timestamp
| JSON representation | 
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| { "year": integer, "month": integer, "day": integer } | 
| Fields | |
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| year | 
 Year of the date. Must be from 1 to 9999, or 0 to specify a date without a year. | 
| month | 
 Month of a year. Must be from 1 to 12, or 0 to specify a year without a month and day. | 
| day | 
 Day of a month. Must be from 1 to 31 and valid for the year and month, or 0 to specify a year by itself or a year and month where the day isn't significant. |