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- Use the earliest date that the item was made available to the public (either online or in print)
- EXAMPLE: Published Online: October 2009; Issue date: January 2010 (2009 October will be entered as the publication date)
- If all you have is a conference date - use it as the publication date
- If you have publication date and a conference date - use the conference date as the submitted date (See How to: IEEE)
How to: SUBMITTED DATE
- Enter the submitted date is one has been provided by the publisher
- EXCEPTION: FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION ONLY - use the revised date, if one has been provided by the publisher
- EXCEPTION: AUTHOR'S FINAL MANUSCRIPT ONLY - use the date on our version (if different than the publisher information)
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