Third Party Processing DateTime

The services used in third party payment processing allow for the possibility that the third payment processing system is processing in a different time zone as the utility’s. The Third Party Payment Processing Integration master configuration includes the third party’s Processing Cutoff Time and Processing Cutoff Time Zone, as well as the local equivalent of the processing cutoff time, based on the Time Zone defined on the Installation record.

The payment datetime that is sent by the third party payment processing system with one time payment notifications and auto pay confirmations is stored as-is as a characteristic on the one time payment’s tender. This is done for the purposes of tender controls processing and payments reconciliation (i.e., with reports generated from the third party payment processing system.

As a standard, inbound and outbound communications external systems must use the standard xsd datetime format (yyyy-MM-dd’T’hh:mm:ss[+ or -]hh:mm). The payment datetimes sent with third party one time payment notifications and auto pay confirmations should follow this format.

The Third Party One Time Payment Task also stores the local equivalent of the payment datetime, based on the Time Zone defined on the Installation record. This local datetime is used anywhere third party one time payments (and their payment dates) are displayed in the system (e.g., in the Scheduled Payments Log in Control Central - Account Information.