Why did VNQ not pay a dividend in March 2021?

Question

I am trying to research Dividend on REITS and I was surprised to see vanguard has no dividend for its VNQ ETF. Is it the first time or may it be due to COVID?
Note: When I look at yahoo, I see, dates for dividend as (for March quarter):

March 10, 2020
Mar 28, 2019
Mar 26, 2018

So I was expecting it to be near 2nd week of March rather than 3rd or 4th week. Is there any standard (or rule) that ETF companies need to follow for dividends or it is arbitrary?

Aganju · Accepted Answer

Where I live, it is still March, for several more days, and I am pretty sure there will be a dividend announcement.
If you look at the last three quarters, and not just VNQ but many other Vanguard ETFs, they have moved all their pay-out dates to the 30th, so there are some more days left until the publishing is due.
Update 2020-03-24: As expected, the dividend is now announced, $0.52640 per share, payable on 2020-03-30.

Why did VNQ not pay a dividend in March 2021?

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