Academic Terms

Owned by Eric Dalquist
Aug 13, 2012
1 min read

The ACADEMIC_TERM interval is not configured in the default uPortal installation. Terms are arbitrary, non-overlapping time periods that always start at midnight and end the instant before midnight.

  1. Terms have simple string names for identification which must be unique
  2. Terms cannot overlap
  3. Start dates are inclusive, end dates are exclusive

Date format is shown in the example below, see the Joda-Time DateMidnight class for more details. Note that timezone is included. 

Term Details Configuration
<term-details>
  <name>Spring 2012</name>
  <start>2012-01-23T00:00:00.000-06:00</start>
  <end>2012-05-19T00:00:00.000-06:00</end>
</term-details>
<term-details>
  <name>Summer 2012</name>
  <start>2012-05-28T00:00:00.000-06:00</start>
  <end>2012-08-10T00:00:00.000-06:00</end>
</term-details>
<term-details>
  <name>Fall 2012</name>
  <start>2012-09-04T00:00:00.000-06:00</start>
  <end>2012-12-23T00:00:00.000-06:00</end>
</term-details>