005 Date And Time Of Latest Transaction

Field definition and scope:

Field 005 contains 16 characters that specify the date and time of the latest record transaction. The date and time serve as version identifiers for the record. They are recorded according to Representation of Dates and Times (ISO 8601).

The date requires 8 numeric characters in the pattern yyyymmdd (4 for the year, 2 for the month, and 2 for the day).

The time requires 8 numeric characters in the pattern hhmmss.f (2 for the hour, 2 for the minute, 2 for the second, and 2 for a decimal fraction of the second, including the decimal point). The 24-hour clock (00-23) is used.

The date on which a record is first entered into machine-readable form is contained in field 008/00-05 (Date entered on file). The date in 008/00-05 never changes.

Field 005 is NOT repeatable.

Guidelines for applying content designators:

Field 005 has no indicators or subfield codes.

See: Example

Input conventions:

Field 005 is system generated at the date and time of the latest transaction made to a record.