Invoice issue date

Error BR-03 EN 16931

An Invoice shall have an Invoice issue date (BT-2).

Mandatory rule: As long as it is violated, the invoice is invalid and will be rejected by validators.
What is wrong

The content of rsm:ExchangedDocument/ram:IssueDateTime/udt:DateTimeString with format="102" is missing or empty.

What the rule means

The invoice issue date states when the invoice was issued. It is an essential part of the invoice information.

Affected fields BT-2
Please add the invoice issue date

Your invoice is missing its issue date. Add the date in the designated date field.

What to do
  1. Set InvoiceDate as the invoice issue date.
  2. Generate the invoice again and validate it once more.
What it looks like
✗ Triggers the message 
<rsm:ExchangedDocument>
  <ram:IssueDateTime>
    <udt:DateTimeString format="102"/>
  </ram:IssueDateTime>
</rsm:ExchangedDocument>
✓ Correct 
<rsm:ExchangedDocument>
  <ram:IssueDateTime>
    <udt:DateTimeString format="102">20261003</udt:DateTimeString>
  </ram:IssueDateTime>
</rsm:ExchangedDocument>
Check in FactoorSharp
  • FacturXInvoice.InvoiceDate (BT-2)
Technical details

The test checks whether the udt:DateTimeString element with format="102" within ram:IssueDateTime is not equal to the empty string.

Where the rule applies

The rule applies to ram:IssueDateTime/udt:DateTimeString within rsm:ExchangedDocument, with the format attribute set to 102.

Context (rule/@context)
/rsm:CrossIndustryInvoice
Test expression (assert/@test)
(rsm:ExchangedDocument/ram:IssueDateTime/udt:DateTimeString[@format='102']!='')