Identifies the date on which the ASR (PON) as completed by the provider, service was activated and billing may commence.
VALID ENTRIES:
U.S. Standard/Metric Format
Two Digit Month (01-12)/Two Digit Century (00-99)
Two Digit Day (01-31)/Two Digit Year (00-99)
Two Digit Century (00-99)/Two Digit Month (01-12)
Two Digit Year (00-99)/Two Digit Day (01-31)
NOTE 1: Metric date format may be used based on customer/provider negotiations.
USAGE: This field is conditional.
NOTE 1: Required when the CNT field is “A”, otherwise prohibited.
DATA CHARACTERISTICS: 10 alpha numeric characters including 2 hyphens
EXAMPLES: 1 1 - 0 5 - 2 0 0 2
2 0 0 2 - 0 7 - 0 4