Content Comparison

ACTION_DT

The date any transaction is entered into the student record.

The Action Date is when the information was entered into the system, while the Effective Date is when the action actually takes effect.

Consider today’s date to be 2/2/2023. In the example below, this student’s status “today” is DC (Discontinued). This student will not be active until 5/8/2023, the effective date of the record, even though its Action Date is 3/31/2023.

Next, consider today’s date to be 4/1/2023. The last row in the example below, is known as future effective-dated. This action, entered on 3/31/2023, will take effect on 5/8/2023.

Career Eff Date Acad Prog Status Prog Actn Action Date
UGRD 12/7/2015 UACES AP APPL 12/7/2015
UGRD 2/20/2016 UACES AD ADMT 2/20/2016
UGRD 3/16/2016 UACES PM DEIN 3/16/2016
UGRD 5/12/2016 UACES AC MATR 5/12/2016
UGRD 8/26/2018 UACES DC VDIS 9/11/2018
UGRD 4/12/2022 UACES AC RADM 4/12/2022
UGRD 5/8/2022 UCLAS AC PRGC 4/29/2022
UGRD 1/16/2023 UCLAS DC VDIS 1/31/2023
UGRD 5/8/2023 UCLAS AC RADM 3/31/2023

• Changes to the student record can be future effective-dated.

• Most Registrar reports are based on the current date and do not include transactions with future effective dates.

• Effective Date, Academic Program Status