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[Glossary](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary) · Grading report

# Report date

Also called date, date of examination

The report date is the day the lab examined the stone. Everything on the report is true for that day.

## In more detail

A report describes the stone as it was then. Later damage, a new treatment or a recut is not on it.

## On a grading report

The first line of the identity block on a GIA report.

## Related terms

- [Report number](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/report-number): The report number is the unique number a lab gives a report. GIA registers it in its database, so anyone can look it up.
- [Diamond grading report](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary/diamond-grading-report): A diamond grading report is an independent lab's record of what a stone is and how it grades. It is true for the day the lab examined the stone.

## Learn more

- [The ID section of a diamond report: number, shape and measurements](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/grading-reports/diamond-report-identity-section)

[All 328 terms](https://digitalgemology.com/learn/glossary)