DTM Date/Time Reference

To specify pertinent dates and times

Position: DTM-01 · Element: 374 · Name: Date/Time Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Mandatory · Min: 3 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code specifying type of date or time, or both date and time

Position: DTM-02 · Element: 373 · Name: Date · Type: Date (DT) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 6 · Max: 6 · Repeat: -

Date (YYMMDD)

R020306: At least one of DTM-02, DTM-03 or DTM-06 is required

Position: DTM-03 · Element: 337 · Name: Time · Type: Time (TM) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 4 · Max: 8 · Repeat: -

Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)

Position: DTM-04 · Element: 623 · Name: Time Code · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

Code identifying the time. In accordance with International Standards Organization standard 8601, time can be specified by a + or - and an indication in hours in relation to Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) time; since + is a restricted character, + and - are substituted by P and M in the codes that follow

Position: DTM-05 · Element: 624 · Name: Century · Type: Numeric (N0) · Requirement: Optional · Min: 2 · Max: 2 · Repeat: -

The first two characters in the designation of the year (CCYY)

Position: DTM-06 · Element: 1250 · Name: Date Time Period Format Qualifier · Type: Identifier (ID) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 2 · Max: 3 · Repeat: -

Code indicating the date format, time format, or date and time format

P0607: If either DTM-06 or DTM-07 is present, then the other is required

Position: DTM-07 · Element: 1251 · Name: Date Time Period · Type: String (AN) · Requirement: Conditional · Min: 1 · Max: 35 · Repeat: -

Expression of a date, a time, or range of dates, times or dates and times