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comment_end_date
A FULL UTC INSTANT, not a calendar date, despite the column name: '2026-08-29T03:59:59Z' is 11:59:59 PM EASTERN on 2026-08-28. Federal comment periods close at 11:59:59 PM Eastern, so the UTC calendar date is ONE DAY LATER than the official deadline on every end-of-day close — 444,689 of the 444,690 populated rows (measured 2026-09-06). Convert to America/New_York before presenting a deadline, and compare with julianday(comment_end_date) > julianday('now'): a plain > datetime('now') is a TEXT comparison between two different formats and keeps already-closed dockets matching for up to ~20 hours. The sibling column on open_comments.documents WAS corrected to an Eastern calendar date (queue #498); this one is unchanged and still an instant — the two databases do not agree on grain. (queue #644)
comment_start_date
A FULL UTC INSTANT, not a calendar date, despite the column name — same grain as comment_end_date on this table. Convert to America/New_York before presenting it. (queue #644)

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id agency_id docket_id title document_type subtype posted_date ▲ posted_year posted_month comment_start_date comment_end_date last_modified fr_doc_num open_for_comment withdrawn object_id
FDA-2013-E-0296-0006 FDA Patent Extension Application for COFLEX U.S. Patent No. 5,645,599 FDA-2013-E-0296 Letter from FDA CDER to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Other Letter(s) 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z 2015 12 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z   2015-12-01T20:57:17Z   0 0 0900006481d7e8f0
FDA-2013-E-0296-0005 FDA Patent Extension Application for COFLEX U.S. Patent No. 5,645,599 FDA-2013-E-0296 Regulatory Review Periods for Patent Extensions: COFLEX INTERLAMINAR TECHNOLOGY Notice Determinations 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z 2015 5 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z 2015-11-04T04:59:59Z 2015-05-07T16:29:21Z 2015-10998 0 0 0900006481ad278f
FDA-2013-E-0296-0004 FDA Patent Extension Application for COFLEX U.S. Patent No. 5,645,599 FDA-2013-E-0296 Letter from FDA CDER to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Other Letter(s) 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z 2015 4 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z   2015-04-22T20:27:35Z   0 0 0900006481ab4ae3
FDA-2013-E-0296-0003 FDA Patent Extension Application for COFLEX U.S. Patent No. 5,645,599 FDA-2013-E-0296 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Letter Other Letter(s) 2013-12-26T05:00:00Z 2013 12 2013-12-26T05:00:00Z   2013-12-26T15:48:59Z   0 0 09000064814dcd48
FDA-2013-E-0296-0002 FDA Patent Extension Application for COFLEX U.S. Patent No. 5,645,599 FDA-2013-E-0296 U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Letter Other Letter(s) 2013-03-15T04:00:00Z 2013 3 2013-03-15T04:00:00Z   2013-03-15T12:29:15Z   0 0 090000648122cad5
FDA-2013-E-0296-0001 FDA Patent Extension Application for COFLEX U.S. Patent No. 5,645,599 FDA-2013-E-0296 Paradigm Spine, LLC - Patent Extension Application Other Application 2013-03-15T04:00:00Z 2013 3 2013-03-15T04:00:00Z   2013-03-15T12:29:14Z   0 0 090000648122cad3

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CREATE TABLE documents (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    agency_id TEXT,
    docket_id TEXT REFERENCES dockets(id),
    title TEXT,
    document_type TEXT,
    subtype TEXT,
    posted_date TEXT,
    posted_year INTEGER,
    posted_month INTEGER,
    comment_start_date TEXT,
    comment_end_date TEXT,
    last_modified TEXT,
    fr_doc_num TEXT,
    open_for_comment INTEGER,
    withdrawn INTEGER,
    object_id TEXT
);
CREATE INDEX idx_docs_agency ON documents(agency_id);
CREATE INDEX idx_docs_docket ON documents(docket_id);
CREATE INDEX idx_docs_date ON documents(posted_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_docs_year ON documents(posted_year);
CREATE INDEX idx_docs_type ON documents(document_type);
CREATE INDEX idx_docs_frnum ON documents(fr_doc_num);
CREATE INDEX idx_docs_comment_end ON documents(comment_end_date) WHERE comment_end_date IS NOT NULL AND withdrawn = 0;