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Created Date

Timestamp showing when the FPDS transaction record was created in the system. It captures the creation date and time for the specific award transaction instance, not the procurement action date or the award’s effective date.

Family: Award
Category: General
Data Type: string
Semantic Type: attribute
Mapping: flattened_fpds_xml_field
AI Confidence: high

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__transactionInformation__createdDate
Title
Created Date
FPDS Path
award/transactionInformation/createdDate
Description
Timestamp showing when the FPDS transaction record was created in the system. It captures the creation date and time for the specific award transaction instance, not the procurement action date or the award’s effective date.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts understand record timing, ingest order, and when a transaction first entered FPDS. It is useful for workflow analysis, refresh validation, and identifying late-entered or backfilled records that may affect trend reporting and audit reviews.
Example Value
2005-02-12 18:52:03
Observed Non-Null Count
111,507,818

FPDS Compare

FPDS Query Variable
content__award__transactionInformation__createdDate
FPDS XML Path
award/transactionInformation/createdDate
Mapping Type
flattened_fpds_xml_field
Comparison Summary
FPDS Query flattens the original nested FPDS XML path 'award/transactionInformation/createdDate' into the SQL-ready variable 'content__award__transactionInformation__createdDate'.

Use Cases

  • Dictionary lookup and field explanation
  • SQL filtering and grouping
  • Analytical reporting and reusable query building

Common Usage

  • filtering records created in a reporting window
  • ordering transactions by system entry time
  • detecting delayed submissions or backfills

Common Mistakes

  • treating it as the procurement action date
  • sorting or filtering it as a text string without datetime conversion

Query Guidance

Parse to a timestamp/datetime type before filtering, grouping, or sorting. In SQL, use it for `WHERE createdDate >= ... AND createdDate < ...`, and if time zones are not normalized, confirm the dataset’s timestamp convention before comparing records across systems.

SQL Examples

Preview values

SELECT
    content__award__transactionInformation__createdDate AS created_date
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__transactionInformation__createdDate IS NOT NULL
LIMIT 25

Top values

SELECT
    content__award__transactionInformation__createdDate AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__award__transactionInformation__createdDate IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY value
ORDER BY record_count DESC
LIMIT 25

Each dictionary item includes SQL-ready examples generated alongside the variable metadata, allowing immediate use in FPDS Query for filtering, aggregation, and analysis.