>>>formatted correctly. They seem to be writing out 8 characters in the GS
>>>time element.
>> Eight (8) character GS time is a perfectly valid option in ANSI 4 (valid
>> group times in 003040+ : 4, 6 or 8 characters)
> The problem is that in the GS the field length for the time is 8 yet they
> only write out 4 characters and leave the remaining 4 blanks. In order to
> get around this the company I am at had to modify the standard to change
> the length to 4.
Well, that's a horse of a different color. Color it, say, "B" as in "bug,"
unless you are talking about a documented behavior. (Assuming anyone
remembers what 'documentation' is). (Assuming you mean the transaction set
was created with segment "GS*HP*NDC STD REMIT*1030*20061107*1225
*152*X*004010X091A" )
(Re changing the standard: might you not now get an 'error' condition if a
functional group comes in with a six- or eight-character group time?)
> The nuances I was referring to were in Seeburger, not X12. I've been
> running EDI systems and programs for companies so 17 years now, so the
> issues I come across are >with the translation software anomolis, trading
> partners who are a pain in the ass, and consultants who think they know
> more than anyone else ;)
Any of us consultants (who in fact *do* know more than anyone else ) have
run into translator bugs ("anomaly" is simply too gentle a word here). It
sounds like you have done what the rest of us have done when it occurs:
improvise and adapt. After all, that's why we get the big bucks.
MCM
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