+su&sco Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 Is the hidden date always the same as the publication date? I know the hidden date is shown on the cache page, but not sure about the status of the publication date. Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted November 29 Share Posted November 29 The "Hidden Date" defaults to the date when the cache page is first created. It can be edited by the cache owner at any time, either before or after publication. The "Publication Date" is the date when a Community Volunteer Reviewer enters a "Published" log to make the cache publicly available. This is often different than the Hidden Date. For example, if the CO creates a cache page on November 26th, submits it for review on the 27th, but the cache isn't published until the 30th because of the US Holiday this week, then the cache will have a hidden date of 11/26 and a publication date of 11/30. 3 Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 I like to have the Hidden Date on my caches be the day I actually placed the container, which is usually some days (or perhaps weeks if it's a complex hide) after I created the listing and will most likely be some days before it gets published as our reviewer typically clears the queue once or twice a week. This probably doesn't matter much to others but I've sometimes found it handy to know which day I physically placed a cache if, say, I want to go looking for photos I took that day. 2 2 Quote Link to comment
+Nunavut Taidy Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 So, a follow up question if I may: on the month to month calendar (Jasmer) if there is a difference between the hidden on and the published on dates, (specifically if there is a gap of a month or months), which date gets used? As an example, a cache recently was published (December 2024) but it was hidden/submitted in January 2024. When I find it, and I will, which month gets credited? Quote Link to comment
+hzoi Posted December 5 Share Posted December 5 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Nunavut Taidy said: which month gets credited? Should be the hidden date. The oldest caches don't even have a "published" log. Unfortunately, that can end up in errors like GC2DBE, which purports to be hidden in January 2001. Per its GC #, it was clearly hidden months later, in December 2001. Edited December 5 by hzoi Quote Link to comment
+OusKonNé & Cétyla Posted December 6 Share Posted December 6 Personally, as soon as my caches are published, I always update the Hidden Date in order to have the same value as the Publication Date. This avoids any confusion. 1 Quote Link to comment
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