This is the date that you requested a copy of the certificate, NOT the date that the certificate was filed with the State the child was born in. This date needs to be at least ONE WEEK after the child's date of birth but it does NOT have to be in the same year that the child was born. For example, the child could have been born in 1980 but you did not request a copy of the certificate until 2015. The security paper that we print our certificates on wasn't patented until the year 2000, so you cannot request an issued date before that year.