AI-generated Key Takeaways
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A date is represented as a whole or partial calendar date using 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 year field must be between 1 and 9999 or 0 for dates without a year.
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The month field must be between 1 and 12 or 0 for dates without a month and day.
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The day field must be between 1 and 31 and valid for the year and month, or 0 for dates without a day.
 
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.TimeOfDaygoogle.type.DateTimegoogle.protobuf.Timestamp
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{ "year": integer, "month": integer, "day": integer }  | 
            
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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.  |