Description

The calendar month and year in which the course will potentially commence for which the applicant has a preference or in which an offer has been made

Details

Version:3.0
First year:2012
Last year:2012
Field name:INTAKE DATE
Element name:Intake date

Code format:

Data Type:Alphanumeric
Units:YYYYMM, right justified (in each subfield) with a leading zero (in each subfield) if needed
Width:6

Classification

CODEMEANING
YYYYMMDate course commences in YYYYMM format

Coding notes

​For the purpose of the Application and Offers collection, the intake date is the date the course commences which may differ to the date the student first starts studying in that course

Where the full details of the YYYY subfield cannot be provided the default is the current reference year

Code ‘00’ in MM subfield if the month commencing is unknown or not applicable
 

YYYYMM format:

  • 1st 4 digits – Year sub-field (e.g. 2010)
  • 2nd 2 digits – Month sub-field (e.g. 03)

Please refer to the Glossary for further information about terminology used in this document.

Input files

​Applications and Offers:

  • Preference Details (PD)
  • Offer Details (OD)

Change History

Details of all versions of this data element can be found on its supporting information page.


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