To indicate the beginning of the Shipper's Car Order Transaction Set and transmit identifying numbers and dates
Code identifying purpose of transaction set
Date expressed as CCYYMMDD
BCQ02 is the transaction date.
Time expressed in 24-hour clock time as follows: HHMM, or HHMMSS, or HHMMSSD, or HHMMSSDD, where H = hours (00-23), M = minutes (00-59), S = integer seconds (00-59) and DD = decimal seconds; decimal seconds are expressed as follows: D = tenths (0-9) and DD = hundredths (00-99)
BCQ03 is the transaction time.
Code qualifying the Reference Identification
Reference information as defined for a particular Transaction Set or as specified by the Reference Identification Qualifier
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
