private function BiblioEntrezPubmedArticle::date in Bibliography Module 7

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 6.2 modules/pubmed/EntrezPubmedArticle.php \BiblioEntrezPubmedArticle::date()
2. 6 pubmed/EntrezPubmedArticle.php \BiblioEntrezPubmedArticle::date()
3. 7.2 modules/pubmed/EntrezPubmedArticle.php \BiblioEntrezPubmedArticle::date()

Returns the publication date obtained from the given MedlineCitation's PubDate element. See the reference documentation for possible values: https://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/licensee/elements_descriptions.html#pubdate According to the above source it always begins with a four digit year.

Return value

string the publication date of the article

1 call to BiblioEntrezPubmedArticle::date()

BiblioEntrezPubmedArticle::getBiblio in modules/pubmed/EntrezPubmedArticle.php

Returns article elements as an associative array suitable for import into a biblio node.

File

modules/pubmed/EntrezPubmedArticle.php, line 211

Provides a class for handling PubMed articles retrieved with EFetch.

Class

BiblioEntrezPubmedArticle

Code

private function date() {
  $pubDate = $this->article->Article->Journal->JournalIssue->PubDate;
  if (isset($pubDate->MedlineDate)) {
    $date = (string) $pubDate->MedlineDate;
  }
  else {
    $date = implode(' ', (array) $pubDate);
  }
  return $date;
}