BT-2

Invoice issue date

Raw

Date the invoice was issued. UBL expects ISO format YYYY-MM-DD; CII uses a DateTimeString with format="102" (YYYYMMDD).

Where does it live in the XML?

UBL (XRechnung)
cbc:IssueDate
CII (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD, Factur-X)
rsm:ExchangedDocument/ram:IssueDateTime/udt:DateTimeString

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