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005 - Date and Time of Latest Transaction (NR)

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Sixteen characters that specify the date and time of the latest record transaction and serve as a version identifier for the record. The data and time are recorded according to Representation of Dates and Times (ISO 8601) in the pattern yyyymmdd and hhmmss.f.