# National Institute of Standards and Technology founding date

entity: /record/nist.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/nist/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, National Institute of Standards and Technology's founding date on the AsOf record is January 1, 1901, dated January 1, 1901, from a primary source (nist.gov). The record holds 1 claim on National Institute of Standards and Technology's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [National Institute of Standards and Technology](/record/nist.md) | founded | 1901-01-01 | valid 1901-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_A89C2D18A3DA](/claim/clm_A89C2D18A3DA.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176691, https://www.nist.gov/history

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [National Institute of Standards and Technology](/record/nist.md) | founded | 1901-01-01 | valid 1901-01-01 to present | conf 0.95 | valid | [clm_A89C2D18A3DA](/claim/clm_A89C2D18A3DA.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176691, https://www.nist.gov/history

## Questions this record answers

### What is National Institute of Standards and Technology's current founding date?

January 1, 1901, dated January 1, 1901, from a primary source (nist.gov). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).


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- Entity twin: /record/nist.md · timeline: /timelines/nist.md

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