Wherever it is possible to do so, SBN must include an Available date that is the year and month of publication - so the year must agree with the previously listed publicationYear value. This date is the date ADS will use in generating statistics over various periods, so it is important that at least the month be present whenever it is known. As with publicationYear, the PDS3 DATA_SET_RELEASE date should usually be considered authoritative.
💪 Motivation
...so that I can use it for tracking purposes through ADS.
📖 Additional Details
Per https://sbnwiki.astro.umd.edu/wiki/DataCite_Schema#.3Cdates.3E,
⚖️ Acceptance Criteria
Given When I perform Then I expect
⚙️ Engineering Details