MT 730 Field Specifications

4. Field 30: Date of the Message Being Acknowledged

FORMAT

6!n

(Date)

PRESENCE

Mandatory

DEFINITION

When this message is acknowledging an MT 700 Issue of a Documentary Credit, this field specifies the date of issue.

In all other cases, this field specifies the date on which the message being acknowledged was sent.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

Date must be a valid date expressed as YYMMDD (Error code(s): T50).