FIX Protocol Tag 342: TradSesOpenTime

TradSesOpenTime is a UTC timestamp field used in 3 FIX message types: Trading Session List (35=BJ), Trading Session List Update Report (35=BS) and Trading Session Status (35=h). It is defined in FIX 4.2 to 5.0 SP2.

Tag number: 342
Data type: UTCTIMESTAMP
FIX versions: FIX 4.2 to 5.0 SP2
Used in: 3 message types

Tag 342 in each FIX version

Values and message usage as defined in a specific version.

Data type

UTCTIMESTAMP: Date and time in UTC as YYYYMMDD-HH:MM:SS, optionally followed by fractions of a second (.sss).

Example

342=20261020-14:30:05.123

Illustrative value. In a message, fields are separated by the SOH character (0x01), often shown as | or ^ in logs.

Decode a message with this tag

Message types that use tag 342

Trading Session List 35=BJ
Trading Session List Update Report 35=BS
Trading Session Status 35=h

Covers every version from FIX 4.0 to 5.0 SP2, including fields reached through components and repeating groups. The version pages above show whether the tag is required in each message.

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