Diagram of field types and data formats used in the YTH domestic clearing and settlement system

The YTH (Domestic Clearing and Settlement) System is a system that handles the clearing and settlement of a transaction between two banks when a transaction is carried out at a different bank's POS or ATM using a card issued by another bank. Records are sent to the YTH system by participants, and these records undergo daily clearing, multilateral netting, and reconciliation (settlement).

So what are the field types and field formats used in the YTH system?

Field Types
The fields used in the file by members sending a BTH Outgoing file to BKM must comply with YTH standards.
n (x) : numeric value of length x
an (x) : uppercase alphabetic or numeric value of length x
ans (x) : special character or alphanumeric value of length x
an..(x) : Uppercase alphabetic or numeric value, variable length up to x.
ans..(x): Special character or alphanumeric value, variable length up to x.
H : Hex value

Field Format
F :
Fixed length
LLVAR : Variable-length data preceded by 2 characters of length information.
LLLVAR : Variable-length data preceded by 3 characters of length information.

Date and Time Indicator (YYYYAAGGSS24dass)
Date Indicator(YYYYMMDD)
YYYY : Year
AA : Month
GG : Day
Time Indicator(SS24dass )
HH : Hour (24-hour)
MM : Minute
SS : Second