# legislationDateOfApplicability - Schema.org Property

> Source: https://schema.org/legislationDateOfApplicability
> Extracted: 2026-02-16T18:48:24.717Z

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-   Canonical URL: https://schema.org/legislationDateOfApplicability
-   Equivalent Property: eli:date\_applicability
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The date at which the Legislation becomes applicable. This can sometimes be distinct from the date of entry into force : a text may come in force today, and state it will become applicable in 3 months.

### Values expected to be one of these types

`-   [Date](https://schema.org/Date "Date")`

### Acknowledgements

This entry is derived from the [ELI ontology](http://publications.europa.eu/mdr/eli/index.html) (European Legislation Identifier). ELI is an initiative of some national legislation publishers endorsed by EU countries and Institutions, to identify, describe and link legislation on the web, and is led by the [ELI taskforce](http://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli-register/about.html).

#### Source

[https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/model/-/resource/dataset/eli](https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/model/-/resource/dataset/eli)

[https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2698](https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/2698)