daterad

Daterad is a Swedish adjective and past participle derived from the verb datera, meaning to date something or to assign a date to it. As an adjective it describes information or objects that have been assigned a date or time-stamp, indicating when they were created or issued.

In usage, daterad refers to the existence of a date on a document, record, or item. For example, a document can be daterad den 3 mars 2024, meaning it bears that date. The word can describe different noun genders and numbers: en daterad faktura (feminine, singular), ett daterat kontrakt (neuter, singular), daterade dokument (plural).

Grammatically, daterad functions as a participial adjective. The present participle form of the related verb datera is daterar (present tense), and the past tense form is daterade. The compound present perfect can be expressed with har daterat, as in har daterat flera dokument.

Distinctions: daterad primarily conveys that a date has been assigned or recorded, rather than implying that something is obsolete. If the intention is to express that something is outdated, other Swedish terms such as föråldrad or gammal are more common.

In metadata and archival contexts, datering or datum are frequently used as fields to specify the date, with daterad serving as a descriptive attribute for items that carry a date.

See also: datum, datering, metadata, dokument.