It is important to provide the publication date in Creative Works or the record may not appear on your Griffith Experts profile. If the work has not been formally published, the publication date is the date the work was first made publicly available. If the publication date does not appear on the work or associated files, evidence must be provided (this could be a link to an event listing, a review that includes the date, etc).

In Creative Works, to add a publication date:

1. Open the record
2. Click on Edit timeline on the right side of the submission form under Item actions.
   1. a pop-up box will appear.
3. Go to the field Publication date
4. Click on Set date.
   
   1. use the calendar chooser to set the date or
   2. enter the date in YYYY-MM-DD format
   3. Creative Works cannot handle partial dates at this time, so you must select an exact date.
5. Click on Apply changes.
   
   
   Watch the video How to add a publication date in Creative Works (view in full screen for best results) or follow the instructions above