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Created Date

Timestamp indicating when the IDV transaction record was created in FPDS. It captures the system-recorded creation date and time for the transaction, not the award effective date or obligation date.

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

Variable Overview

FPDS Query Variable
content__IDV__transactionInformation__createdDate
Title
Created Date
FPDS Path
IDV/transactionInformation/createdDate
Description
Timestamp indicating when the IDV transaction record was created in FPDS. It captures the system-recorded creation date and time for the transaction, not the award effective date or obligation date.
Business Meaning
This field helps analysts reconstruct when procurement data entered the FPDS system, which is useful for timeliness checks, record lifecycle analysis, and identifying reporting lags. It also supports sequencing of transaction activity within an IDV and can help distinguish creation timing from award or modification timing in pipeline and compliance workflows.
Example Value
2000-07-26 06:50:00
Observed Non-Null Count
5,862,545

FPDS Compare

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

Use Cases

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

Common Usage

  • filtering records created within a reporting period
  • sequencing transaction creation within an IDV
  • measuring data timeliness or ingestion lag

Common Mistakes

  • treating the value as the contract award date
  • grouping by the raw string without parsing to a datetime

Query Guidance

Parse the string to a datetime type before comparison or aggregation. Use it in WHERE clauses for creation-date windows, and in ORDER BY or window functions when analyzing record sequence; if your database stores it as text, normalize the format first to preserve chronological sorting.

SQL Examples

Preview values

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

Top values

SELECT
    content__IDV__transactionInformation__createdDate AS value,
    count() AS record_count
FROM fpds.data
WHERE content__IDV__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.