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9A

Transaction Date

Tag ID
9A
Format
n
Length (bytes)
3
Source
Terminal

What it is

Transaction Date is the local date the transaction is authorised, encoded YYMMDD in BCD. It is compared with the application effective/expiry dates and is a standard input to the application cryptogram via CDOL1.

Where it appears

Set by the terminal; supplied to the card through the PDOL/CDOL.

Specification reference

Defined in: EMV 4.x Book 3 (Application Specification), Annex A — Data Element Dictionary

Example values

2607011 July 2026

Decode & build this tag

📅Julian Date Converter🔨EMV TLV Builder

Related tags

9F21Transaction Time5F24Application Expiration Date5F25Application Effective Date
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