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MT 360 Field Specifications

10. Field 30T: Trade Date

FORMAT

Option T 8!n (Date)

PRESENCE

Mandatory in mandatory sequence A

DEFINITION

This field specifies the date the transaction was agreed between party A and party B.

For an ISDA Master (Type in field 77H is ISDA), this field specifies the Trade Date as per ISDA definitions.

NETWORK VALIDATED RULES

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

USAGE RULES

The trade date remains the same when a confirmation is amended (corrected/completed) unilaterally. When the terms of the deal are renegotiated on a bilateral basis, the trade date reflects the date of renegotiation in the amend message.