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transaction-date

iati-activities/iati-activity/transaction/transaction-date

This is the reference page for the XML element transaction-date.

Definition

The date on which the transaction was made or (in the case of commitments) agreed. The narrative content may contain text (e.g. 2011Q1) for accurately recording less specific dates such as month, quarter, or year.

Rules

This element must occur once and only once (within each parent element).

Attributes

@iso-date

This attribute is required.

This value must be of type xsd:date.

11.2.1: The transaction date must not be in the future.

Example Usage

Example usage of transaction-date of a transaction in an iati-activity.

An example date is declared in the @iso-date attribute.

This example date format conform to the xsd:date standard - for most cases YYYY-MM-DD is sufficient.

  <transaction ref="1234">
   <transaction-type code="1" />
<transaction-dateiso-date="2012-01-01"/>
   <value currency="EUR" value-date="2012-01-01">1000</value>   
   <description>
	<narrative>Transaction description text</narrative>
   </description>
   <provider-org provider-activity-id="BB-BBB-123456789-1234AA" ref="BB-BBB-123456789">
	<narrative>Agency B</narrative>
   </provider-org>
   <receiver-org receiver-activity-id="AA-AAA-123456789-1234" ref="AA-AAA-123456789">
	<narrative>Agency A</narrative>
   </receiver-org>
   <disbursement-channel code="1" />
   <sector vocabulary="2" code="111" />
   <!--Note: only a recipient-region OR a recipient-country is expected-->
   <recipient-country code="AF" />
   <recipient-region code="456" vocabulary="1" />   
   <flow-type code="10" />
   <finance-type code="110" />
   <aid-type code="A01" />   
   <tied-status code="3" />
  </transaction>

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