Get Interchange Date

Parse and return the date from a raw ISA interchange header string.

Endpoint

POST /v2/interchanges/get-date

Request Body

Field	Type	Required	Constraints	Description
interchangeHeader	string	Yes	Must be a valid ISA segment string	Raw ISA header string to parse the interchange date from.

{
  "interchangeHeader": "ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*ACMECORP       *ZZ*BUYERINC       *260501*1030*^*00501*000000001*0*P*>"
}

Response

Returns the interchange date extracted from the ISA header as a datetime value.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": "2026-05-01T10:30:00Z"
}

Code Examples

cURL

curl -X POST "https://rest.ecgrid.io/v2/interchanges/get-date" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ECGRID_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "interchangeHeader": "ISA*00* *00* *ZZ*ACMECORP *ZZ*BUYERINC *260501*1030*^*00501*000000001*0*P*>" }'

C#

// .NET 10 — extract the date from a raw ISA header string
using var client = httpClientFactory.CreateClient("ECGrid");

var requestBody = new { interchangeHeader = isaHeaderString };

var response = await client.PostAsJsonAsync("/v2/interchanges/get-date", requestBody);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

var result = await response.Content.ReadFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse<DateTime>>();
Console.WriteLine($"Interchange date: {result.Data:O}");

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;

String apiKey = System.getenv("ECGRID_API_KEY");

String body = "{ \"interchangeHeader\": \"ISA*00* *00* *ZZ*ACMECORP *ZZ*BUYERINC *260501*1030*^*00501*000000001*0*P*>\" }";

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://rest.ecgrid.io/v2/interchanges/get-date"))
    .header("X-API-Key", apiKey)
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body))
    .build();

HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(
    request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());

Node.js

const apiKey = process.env.ECGRID_API_KEY;
const url = 'https://rest.ecgrid.io/v2/interchanges/get-date';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-API-Key': apiKey,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({ "interchangeHeader": "ISA*00* *00* *ZZ*ACMECORP *ZZ*BUYERINC *260501*1030*^*00501*000000001*0*P*>" }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import os, requests

api_key = os.environ["ECGRID_API_KEY"]
headers = {"X-API-Key": api_key}
url = "https://rest.ecgrid.io/v2/interchanges/get-date"

response = requests.post(
    url,
    json={ "interchangeHeader": "ISA*00* *00* *ZZ*ACMECORP *ZZ*BUYERINC *260501*1030*^*00501*000000001*0*P*>" },
    headers=headers,
)

response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())

See Also

• Get Interchange Header
• Get Interchange
• Inbox List