Terms For Unknown Dates
In a database of artworks when the date that the artwork was made it not exactly known the term circa (ca.), active, late, or early are placed in front of a date. Would you call these terms 'date qualifiers'?
Solution 1:
Possibly date qualifiers is an appropriate name, though it seems a bit "off" in that the term does not immediately bring to mind what it is.
Some alternatives might be:
- date specificity
- date modifier
- date adverb
- date uncertainty
- uncertain date phrase