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FIX TAG 60

TransactTime

UTCTimestampAdded FIX.2.7

Definition

Timestamp when the business transaction represented by the message occurred.

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FIX 4.4 FIX 5.0 SP2

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FIX 4.4

Time of execution/order creation (expressed in UTC (Universal Time Coordinated, also known as "GMT")

FIX 5.0 SP2

Timestamp when the business transaction represented by the message occurred.

No enumerated values are defined for this field in this source.

About the UTCTimestamp data type

string field representing Time/date combination represented in UTC (Universal Time Coordinated, also known as "GMT") in either YYYYMMDD-HH:MM:SS (whole seconds) or YYYYMMDD-HH:MM:SS.sss (milliseconds) format, colons, dash, and period required. Valid values:

  • YYYY = 0000-9999, MM = 01-12, DD = 01-31, HH = 00-23, MM = 00-59, SS = 00-60 (60 only if UTC leap second) (without milliseconds).
  • YYYY = 0000-9999, MM = 01-12, DD = 01-31, HH = 00-23, MM = 00-59, SS = 00-60 (60 only if UTC leap second), sss=000-999 (indicating milliseconds).

Leap Seconds: Note that UTC includes corrections for leap seconds, which are inserted to account for slowing of the rotation of the earth. Leap second insertion is declared by the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) and has, since 1972, only occurred on the night of Dec. 31 or Jun 30. The IERS considers March 31 and September 30 as secondary dates for leap second insertion, but has never utilized these dates. During a leap second insertion, a UTCTimestamp field may read "19981231-23:59:59", "19981231-23:59:60", "19990101-00:00:00". (see http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html)

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