The Transformerstageneeds toextracttimeinformationfroman inputstringcontainingtimestampdatain orderto correctlypopulatethe TIMECHANGEDcolumn in the targetDWADMIN.ACCTtable.
This data package, coupled with the intellectual property that enables appropriate time-delimited monopoly pricing to extract returns over time, is what creates the futures market for their currency.
At the moment, it is not clear whether the rhetoric is really a negotiating ploy, in which the administration blusters in order to build credibility and extract maximum concessions when the time comes to negotiate, or whether it wants to change international relations in some fundamental way.