Creator life dates
In the app, the creator's life dates appear immediately below their name and are automatically enclosed in parenthesis. You can enter the life dates in any format you like, but you should use abbreviations and punctuation consistently across creators in your guide.
You might have an in-house style guide for how you structure life dates. If you don't have a house style for life dates, we recommend:
- Living creator: Use the format "b. YYYY"
- Deceased creator: Use the format "YYYY–YYYY"
- Unknown dates: Enter a historical or artistic period
- If you want to include nationality, put it at the beginning of the date entry
Examples
- 1920–1998
- b. 1950
- b. 1973, lives and works in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- ca. 1835, Kyoto, Japan – 1901, New York, NY, USA
- French, early 16th century
- Late medieval