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Lessons Learned in Implementing the Extended Date/Time Format in a Large Digital Library Tarver, Hannah Phillips, Mark metadata date formats standardization Extended Date/Time Format standards implementations digital libraries In 2012, the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries implemented the Library of Congress Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) into the metadata guidelines for their digital holdings which now contain more than 460,000 records. This paper discusses the evaluation process to identify the number of previously-existing dates that meet EDTF standards and those that need to be edited for conformance. It also outlines practical steps used for implementing the standard, such as date validation for metadata creators and changes to date displays for public users. Finally, it presents some of the challenges encountered during the implementation process and considerations for other institutions that may want to use the EDTF. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative 2013-09-02 Text application/pdf text/html https://doi.org/10.23106/dcmi.952136100 https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/article/952136100 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Conference Proceedings en https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68239502 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/