date at is used to determine the date of a particular sample.
For example, given the following case fragment,
01 Jun 03 20 Jun 03 03 Sep 03 15 Oct 03 02 Nov 03 ABC 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 DEF 6.3 4.0 1.9
date at most recent DEF is “15/Oct/03”
date at first ABC is “01/Jun/03”
date at max DEF contains “Jun”