# event/date (was Re: Revised APA Style)

**URL:** <https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/event-date-was-re-revised-apa-style/287>\
**Category:** CSL Development\
**Created:** [July 7, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/event-date-was-re-revised-apa-style/287 "2007-07-07T02:28:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Bruce\_D\_Arcus1](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/u/Bruce_D_Arcus1)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2007, 2:28am UTC](https://discourse.citationstyles.org/t/event-date-was-re-revised-apa-style/287/1 "2007-07-07T02:28:15Z")

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OK, if we go back to the previous version, I’m not quite sure the event  
thing works without date. Something feels wrong about this:

> ```
> <event field="published" prefix=", ">
> <year/>
> </event> 
> 
> ```

The question in the end is how best to handle things like conferences  
and hearings, where you have to indicate event date, name and place?  
Maybe we do need a date element?

Bruce