# US State and Metro Employment Release Dates (Next 4 Months)

**Use case:** 

Scheduled release dates of State Employment and Unemployment and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment for the next four months: reference month, date, Eastern time and exact UTC moment. For regional economists, local newsrooms and workforce boards that publish on the day the area numbers land. Change Next N days for a longer or shorter horizon.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "calendar",
  "releases": [
    "laus",
    "metro"
  ],
  "withinDays": 120,
  "onlyUpcoming": false,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "sortOrder": "soonest",
  "maxItems": 25
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "releaseName": {
    "label": "Release",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "referencePeriod": {
    "label": "Reference period",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "releaseDate": {
    "label": "Date (ET)",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "releaseTimeEt": {
    "label": "Time (ET)",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "releaseTimeUtc": {
    "label": "Release moment (UTC)",
    "format": "date"
  },
  "isUpcoming": {
    "label": "Still ahead",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "releaseCode": {
    "label": "Code",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "scheduleUrl": {
    "label": "Schedule page",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "releaseUrl": {
    "label": "Published release",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Source page",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "fetchedAt": {
    "label": "Fetched (UTC)",
    "format": "date"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [US Economic Calendar: BLS Release Dates (CPI, Jobs, PPI)](https://apify.com/yadroo/bls-release-calendar.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/yadroo/bls-release-calendar.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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