diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/MessageFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/MessageFactory.java
index bfae802..ed94a44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/MessageFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/MessageFactory.java
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ public class MessageFactory {
 				pos = 10 + isoHeaderLength;
 			}
 		} else {
+			//ASCII parsing
 			try {
 				for (int i = isoHeaderLength + 4; i < isoHeaderLength + 20; i++) {
 					if (buf[i] >= '0' && buf[i] <= '9') {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/AlphaNumericFieldParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/AlphaNumericFieldParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d51f868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/AlphaNumericFieldParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This is the common abstract superclass to parse ALPHA and NUMERIC field types.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public abstract class AlphaNumericFieldParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	public AlphaNumericFieldParseInfo(IsoType t, int len) {
+		super(t, len);
+	}
+
+	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+length > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for %s field of length %d, pos %d",
+				type, length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (custom == null) {
+			System.out.printf("Parseando tipo %s largo %s pos %s: '%s'%n", type, length, pos, new String(buf, pos, length));
+			return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos, length), length, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos, length)), length, custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos, length), length, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/AlphaParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/AlphaParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b3e1ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/AlphaParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This is the class used to parse ALPHA fields.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class AlphaParseInfo extends AlphaNumericFieldParseInfo {
+
+	public AlphaParseInfo(int len) {
+		super(IsoType.ALPHA, len);
+	}
+
+	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos, length), length, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos, length)), length, custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos, length), length, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/AmountParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/AmountParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2e07ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/AmountParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This class is used to parse AMOUNT fields.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class AmountParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	
+	public AmountParseInfo() {
+		super(IsoType.AMOUNT, 12);
+	}
+
+	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+12 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for AMOUNT field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		String c = new String(buf, pos, 12);
+		try {
+			return new IsoValue<BigDecimal>(type, new BigDecimal(c).movePointLeft(2), null);
+		} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Cannot read amount '%s' pos %d", new String(c), pos), pos);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		char[] digits = new char[13];
+		digits[10] = '.';
+		int start = 0;
+		for (int i = pos; i < pos + 6; i++) {
+			digits[start++] = (char)(((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) + 48);
+			digits[start++] = (char)((buf[i] & 0x0f) + 48);
+			if (start == 10) {
+				start++;
+			}
+		}
+		try {
+			return new IsoValue<BigDecimal>(IsoType.AMOUNT, new BigDecimal(new String(digits)), null);
+		} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Cannot read amount '%s' pos %d", new String(digits), pos), pos);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/BinaryParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/BinaryParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db6a8e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/BinaryParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+import com.solab.iso8583.util.HexCodec;
+
+/** This class is used to parse fields of type BINARY.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class BinaryParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	
+	public BinaryParseInfo(int len) {
+		super(IsoType.BINARY, len);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom)
+			throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+(length*2) > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for BINARY field of length %d, pos %d",
+				length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		byte[] binval = HexCodec.hexDecode(new String(buf, pos, length*2));
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos, length*2)), length, custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos,
+			CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		byte[] _v = new byte[length];
+		System.arraycopy(buf, pos, _v, 0, length);
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, length, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(HexCodec.hexEncode(_v)), length, custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, length, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/ConfigParser.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/ConfigParser.java
index 1e79ed6..b03df89 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/ConfigParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/ConfigParser.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class ConfigParser {
 				if (f.getAttribute("length").length() > 0) {
 					length = Integer.parseInt(f.getAttribute("length"));
 				}
-				parseMap.put(num, new FieldParseInfo(itype, length));
+				parseMap.put(num, FieldParseInfo.getInstance(itype, length));
 			}
 			mfact.setParseMap(type, parseMap);
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/Date10ParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/Date10ParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1fea41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/Date10ParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This class is used to parse fields of type DATE10.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class Date10ParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	
+	public Date10ParseInfo() {
+		super(IsoType.DATE10, 10);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom)
+			throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+10 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for DATE10 field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		//A SimpleDateFormat in the case of dates won't help because of the missing data
+		//we have to use the current date for reference and change what comes in the buffer
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		//Set the month in the date
+		cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 1] - 49);
+		cal.set(Calendar.DATE, ((buf[pos + 2] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 3] - 48);
+		cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, ((buf[pos + 4] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 5] - 48);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, ((buf[pos + 6] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 7] - 48);
+		cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, ((buf[pos + 8] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 9] - 48);
+		if (cal.getTime().after(new Date())) {
+			cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
+		}
+		return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos,
+			CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		int[] tens = new int[5];
+		int start = 0;
+		for (int i = pos; i < pos + tens.length; i++) {
+			tens[start++] = (((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[i] & 0x0f);
+		}
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		//A SimpleDateFormat in the case of dates won't help because of the missing data
+		//we have to use the current date for reference and change what comes in the buffer
+		//Set the month in the date
+		cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, tens[0] - 1);
+		cal.set(Calendar.DATE, tens[1]);
+		cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, tens[2]);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, tens[3]);
+		cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, tens[4]);
+		if (cal.getTime().after(new Date())) {
+			cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
+		}
+		return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/Date4ParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/Date4ParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5792579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/Date4ParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This class is used to parse fields of type DATE4.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class Date4ParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	public Date4ParseInfo() {
+		super(IsoType.DATE4, 4);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom)
+			throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+4 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for DATE4 field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
+		//Set the month in the date
+		cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 1] - 49);
+		cal.set(Calendar.DATE, ((buf[pos + 2] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 3] - 48);
+		if (cal.getTime().after(new Date())) {
+			cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
+		}
+		return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos,
+			CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		int[] tens = new int[2];
+		int start = 0;
+		for (int i = pos; i < pos + tens.length; i++) {
+			tens[start++] = (((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[i] & 0x0f);
+		}
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
+		//Set the month in the date
+		cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, tens[0] - 1);
+		cal.set(Calendar.DATE, tens[1]);
+		if (cal.getTime().after(new Date())) {
+			cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
+		}
+		return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/DateExpParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/DateExpParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e338798
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/DateExpParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This class is used to parse fields of type DATE_EXP.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class DateExpParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	public DateExpParseInfo() {
+		super(IsoType.DATE_EXP, 4);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom)
+			throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+4 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for DATE_EXP field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.DATE, 1);
+		//Set the month in the date
+		cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) - (cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) % 100)
+				+ ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 1] - 48);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, ((buf[pos + 2] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 3] - 49);
+		return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos,
+			CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		int[] tens = new int[2];
+		int start = 0;
+		for (int i = pos; i < pos + tens.length; i++) {
+			tens[start++] = (((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[i] & 0x0f);
+		}
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
+		cal.set(Calendar.DATE, 1);
+		//Set the month in the date
+		cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, cal.get(Calendar.YEAR)
+				- (cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) % 100) + tens[0]);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, tens[1] - 1);
+		return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/FieldParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/FieldParseInfo.java
index f783649..0859d39 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/FieldParseInfo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/FieldParseInfo.java
@@ -18,25 +18,20 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA
 */
 package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
 
-import java.math.BigDecimal;
-import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.util.Calendar;
-import java.util.Date;
 
 import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
 import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
 import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
-import com.solab.iso8583.util.HexCodec;
 
-/** This class contains the information needed to parse a field from a message buffer.
+/** This class is used to parse a field from a message buffer. There are concrete subclasses for each IsoType.
  * 
  * @author Enrique Zamudio
  */
-public class FieldParseInfo {
+public abstract class FieldParseInfo {
 
-	private IsoType type;
-	private int length;
+	protected IsoType type;
+	protected int length;
 
 	/** Creates a new instance that parses a value of the specified type, with the specified length.
 	 * The length is only useful for ALPHA and NUMERIC types.
@@ -62,396 +57,40 @@ public class FieldParseInfo {
 
 	/** Parses the character data from the buffer and returns the
 	 * IsoValue with the correct data type in it. */
-	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
-		if (pos < 0) {
-			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
-		}
-		if (type == IsoType.NUMERIC || type == IsoType.ALPHA) {
-			if (pos+length > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for ALPHA or NUMERIC field of length %d, pos %d",
-					length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos, length), length, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos, length)), length, custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos, length), length, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-		} else if (type == IsoType.LLVAR) {
-			length = ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + (buf[pos + 1] - 48);
-			if (length < 0) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLVAR length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (pos+2 > buf.length || length+pos+2 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLVAR field, pos %d", pos), pos);
-			}
-			String _v = length == 0 ? "" : new String(buf, pos + 2, length);
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<String>(type, _v, length, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(_v), length, custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<String>(type, _v, length, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-		} else if (type == IsoType.LLLVAR) {
-			if (!(Character.isDigit(buf[pos]) && Character.isDigit(buf[pos+1]) && Character.isDigit(buf[pos+2]))) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLVAR length '%s' pos %d",
-					new String(buf, pos, 3), pos), pos);
-			}
-			length = ((buf[pos] - 48) * 100) + ((buf[pos + 1] - 48) * 10) + (buf[pos + 2] - 48);
-			if (length < 0) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLVAR length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (length+pos+3 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLLVAR field, pos %d", pos), pos);
-			}
-			String _v = length == 0 ? "" : new String(buf, pos + 3, length);
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<String>(type, _v, length, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(_v), length, custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					//problems decoding? return the string
-					return new IsoValue<String>(type, _v, length, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-		} else if (type == IsoType.AMOUNT) {
-			if (pos+12 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for AMOUNT field of length %d, pos %d",
-					length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			String c = new String(buf, pos, 12);
-			try {
-				return new IsoValue<BigDecimal>(type, new BigDecimal(c).movePointLeft(2), null);
-			} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Cannot read amount '%s' pos %d", new String(c), pos), pos);
-			}
-		} else if (type == IsoType.DATE10) {
-			if (pos+10 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for DATE10 field of length %d, pos %d",
-					length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			//A SimpleDateFormat in the case of dates won't help because of the missing data
-			//we have to use the current date for reference and change what comes in the buffer
-			Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
-			//Set the month in the date
-			cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 1] - 49);
-			cal.set(Calendar.DATE, ((buf[pos + 2] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 3] - 48);
-			cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, ((buf[pos + 4] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 5] - 48);
-			cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, ((buf[pos + 6] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 7] - 48);
-			cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, ((buf[pos + 8] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 9] - 48);
-			if (cal.getTime().after(new Date())) {
-				cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
-			}
-			return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
-		} else if (type == IsoType.DATE4) {
-			if (pos+4 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for DATE4 field of length %d, pos %d",
-					length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
-			cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
-			cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
-			cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
-			//Set the month in the date
-			cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 1] - 49);
-			cal.set(Calendar.DATE, ((buf[pos + 2] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 3] - 48);
-			if (cal.getTime().after(new Date())) {
-				cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
-			}
-			return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
-		} else if (type == IsoType.DATE_EXP) {
-			Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
-			cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
-			cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
-			cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
-			cal.set(Calendar.DATE, 1);
-			//Set the month in the date
-			cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) - (cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) % 100)
-					+ ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 1] - 48);
-			cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, ((buf[pos + 2] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 3] - 49);
-			return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
-		} else if (type == IsoType.TIME) {
-			Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
-			cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 1] - 48);
-			cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, ((buf[pos + 2] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 3] - 48);
-			cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, ((buf[pos + 4] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 5] - 48);
-			return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
-
-		} else if (type == IsoType.BINARY) {
-
-			if (pos+(length*2) > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for BINARY field of length %d, pos %d",
-					length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			byte[] binval = HexCodec.hexDecode(new String(buf, pos, length*2));
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos, length*2)), length, custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-
-		} else if (type == IsoType.LLBIN) {
-
-			length = ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + (buf[pos + 1] - 48);
-			if (length < 0) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLBIN length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (pos+2 > buf.length || length+pos+2 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLBIN field, pos %d", pos), pos);
-			}
-			byte[] binval = length == 0 ? new byte[0] : HexCodec.hexDecode(new String(buf, pos + 2, length));
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(
-					new String(buf, pos + 2, length)), binval.length, custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-
-		} else if (type == IsoType.LLLBIN) {
-
-			if (!(Character.isDigit(buf[pos]) && Character.isDigit(buf[pos+1]) && Character.isDigit(buf[pos+2]))) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLBIN length '%s' pos %d", new String(buf, pos, 3), pos), pos);
-			}
-			length = ((buf[pos] - 48) * 100) + ((buf[pos + 1] - 48) * 10) + (buf[pos + 2] - 48);
-			if (length < 0) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLBIN length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (length+pos+3 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLLBIN field, pos %d", pos), pos);
-			}
-			byte[] binval = length == 0 ? new byte[0] : HexCodec.hexDecode(new String(buf, pos + 3, length));
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(
-					length == 0 ? "" : new String(buf, pos + 3, length)), length, custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					//problems decoding? return the string
-					return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-		}
-		return null;
-	}
+	public abstract <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException;
 
 	/** Parses binary data from the buffer, creating and returning an IsoValue of the configured
 	 * type and length. */
-	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
-		if (type == IsoType.ALPHA) {
-
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos, length), length, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos, length)), length, custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos, length), length, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-
-		} else if (type == IsoType.NUMERIC) {
-
-			//A long covers up to 18 digits
-			if (length < 19) {
-				long l = 0;
-				long power = 1L;
-				for (int i = pos + (length / 2) + (length % 2) - 1; i >= pos; i--) {
-					l += (buf[i] & 0x0f) * power;
-					power *= 10L;
-					l += ((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) * power;
-					power *= 10L;
-				}
-				return new IsoValue<Number>(IsoType.NUMERIC, l, length, null);
-			} else {
-				//Use a BigInteger
-				char[] digits = new char[length];
-				int start = 0;
-				for (int i = pos; i < pos + (length / 2) + (length % 2); i++) {
-					digits[start++] = (char)(((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) + 48);
-					digits[start++] = (char)((buf[i] & 0x0f) + 48);
-				}
-				return new IsoValue<Number>(IsoType.NUMERIC, new BigInteger(new String(digits)), length, null);
-			}
-
-		} else if (type == IsoType.LLVAR) {
-
-			length = (((buf[pos] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[pos] & 0x0f);
-			if (length < 0) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLVAR length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (pos+1 > buf.length || length+pos+1 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLVAR field, pos %d", pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos + 1, length), null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos + 1, length)), custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos + 1, length), null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-
-		} else if (type == IsoType.LLLVAR) {
-
-			length = ((buf[pos] & 0x0f) * 100) + (((buf[pos + 1] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[pos + 1] & 0x0f);
-			if (length < 0) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLVAR length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (length+pos+2 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLLVAR field, pos %d", pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos + 2, length), null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos + 2, length)), custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos + 2, length), null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-
-		} else if (type == IsoType.AMOUNT) {
-
-			char[] digits = new char[13];
-			digits[10] = '.';
-			int start = 0;
-			for (int i = pos; i < pos + 6; i++) {
-				digits[start++] = (char)(((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) + 48);
-				digits[start++] = (char)((buf[i] & 0x0f) + 48);
-				if (start == 10) {
-					start++;
-				}
-			}
-			try {
-				return new IsoValue<BigDecimal>(IsoType.AMOUNT, new BigDecimal(new String(digits)), null);
-			} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Cannot read amount '%s' pos %d", new String(digits), pos), pos);
-			}
-		} else if (type == IsoType.DATE10 || type == IsoType.DATE4 || type == IsoType.DATE_EXP
-				|| type == IsoType.TIME) {
-
-			int[] tens = new int[(type.getLength() / 2) + (type.getLength() % 2)];
-			int start = 0;
-			for (int i = pos; i < pos + tens.length; i++) {
-				tens[start++] = (((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[i] & 0x0f);
-			}
-			Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
-			if (type == IsoType.DATE10) {
-				//A SimpleDateFormat in the case of dates won't help because of the missing data
-				//we have to use the current date for reference and change what comes in the buffer
-				//Set the month in the date
-				cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, tens[0] - 1);
-				cal.set(Calendar.DATE, tens[1]);
-				cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, tens[2]);
-				cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, tens[3]);
-				cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, tens[4]);
-				if (cal.getTime().after(new Date())) {
-					cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
-				}
-				return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
-			} else if (type == IsoType.DATE4) {
-				cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
-				cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
-				cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
-				//Set the month in the date
-				cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, tens[0] - 1);
-				cal.set(Calendar.DATE, tens[1]);
-				if (cal.getTime().after(new Date())) {
-					cal.add(Calendar.YEAR, -1);
-				}
-				return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
-			} else if (type == IsoType.DATE_EXP) {
-				cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
-				cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
-				cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
-				cal.set(Calendar.DATE, 1);
-				//Set the month in the date
-				cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, cal.get(Calendar.YEAR)
-						- (cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) % 100) + tens[0]);
-				cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, tens[1] - 1);
-				return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
-			} else if (type == IsoType.TIME) {
-				cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, tens[0]);
-				cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, tens[1]);
-				cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, tens[2]);
-				return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
-			}
-			return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
-		} else if (type == IsoType.BINARY) {
-
-			byte[] _v = new byte[length];
-			System.arraycopy(buf, pos, _v, 0, length);
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, length, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(HexCodec.hexEncode(_v)), length, custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, length, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-
-		} else if (type == IsoType.LLBIN) {
-
-			length = (((buf[pos] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[pos] & 0x0f);
-			if (length < 0) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLBIN length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (pos+1 > buf.length || length+pos+1 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLBIN field, pos %d", pos), pos);
-			}
-			byte[] _v = new byte[length];
-			System.arraycopy(buf, pos+1, _v, 0, length);
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(HexCodec.hexEncode(_v)), custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
-
-		} else if (type == IsoType.LLLBIN) {
-
-			length = ((buf[pos] & 0x0f) * 100) + (((buf[pos + 1] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[pos + 1] & 0x0f);
-			if (length < 0) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLBIN length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
-			}
-			if (length+pos+2 > buf.length) {
-				throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLLBIN field, pos %d", pos), pos);
-			}
-			byte[] _v = new byte[length];
-			System.arraycopy(buf, pos+2, _v, 0, length);
-			if (custom == null) {
-				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, null);
-			} else {
-				IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(HexCodec.hexEncode(_v)), custom);
-				if (v.getValue() == null) {
-					return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, null);
-				}
-				return v;
-			}
+	public abstract <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException;
 
+	/** Returns a new FieldParseInfo instance that can parse the specified type. */
+	public static FieldParseInfo getInstance(IsoType t, int len) {
+		if (t == IsoType.ALPHA) {
+			return new AlphaParseInfo(len);
+		} else if (t == IsoType.AMOUNT) {
+			return new AmountParseInfo();
+		} else if (t == IsoType.BINARY) {
+			return new BinaryParseInfo(len);
+		} else if (t == IsoType.DATE10) {
+			return new Date10ParseInfo();
+		} else if (t == IsoType.DATE4) {
+			return new Date4ParseInfo();
+		} else if (t == IsoType.DATE_EXP) {
+			return new DateExpParseInfo();
+		} else if (t == IsoType.LLBIN) {
+			return new LlbinParseInfo();
+		} else if (t == IsoType.LLLBIN) {
+			return new LllbinParseInfo();
+		} else if (t == IsoType.LLLVAR) {
+			return new LllvarParseInfo();
+		} else if (t == IsoType.LLVAR) {
+			return new LlvarParseInfo();
+		} else if (t == IsoType.NUMERIC) {
+			return new NumericParseInfo(len);
+		} else if (t == IsoType.TIME) {
+			return new TimeParseInfo();
 		}
-		return null;
+ 		throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Cannot parse type %s", t));
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlbinParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlbinParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54f4f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlbinParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+import com.solab.iso8583.util.HexCodec;
+
+/** This class is used to parse fields of type LLBIN.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class LlbinParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	
+	public LlbinParseInfo() {
+		super(IsoType.LLBIN, 0);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom)
+			throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		length = ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + (buf[pos + 1] - 48);
+		if (length < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLBIN length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+2 > buf.length || length+pos+2 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLBIN field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		byte[] binval = length == 0 ? new byte[0] : HexCodec.hexDecode(new String(buf, pos + 2, length));
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(
+				new String(buf, pos + 2, length)), binval.length, custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos,
+			CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		length = (((buf[pos] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[pos] & 0x0f);
+		if (length < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLBIN length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+1 > buf.length || length+pos+1 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLBIN field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		byte[] _v = new byte[length];
+		System.arraycopy(buf, pos+1, _v, 0, length);
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(HexCodec.hexEncode(_v)), custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LllbinParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LllbinParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cda398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LllbinParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+import com.solab.iso8583.util.HexCodec;
+
+/** This class is used to parse fields of type LLLBIN.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class LllbinParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	
+	public LllbinParseInfo() {
+		super(IsoType.LLLBIN, 0);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom)
+			throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (!(Character.isDigit(buf[pos]) && Character.isDigit(buf[pos+1]) && Character.isDigit(buf[pos+2]))) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLBIN length '%s' pos %d", new String(buf, pos, 3), pos), pos);
+		}
+		length = ((buf[pos] - 48) * 100) + ((buf[pos + 1] - 48) * 10) + (buf[pos + 2] - 48);
+		if (length < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLBIN length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (length+pos+3 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLLBIN field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		byte[] binval = length == 0 ? new byte[0] : HexCodec.hexDecode(new String(buf, pos + 3, length));
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(
+				length == 0 ? "" : new String(buf, pos + 3, length)), length, custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				//problems decoding? return the string
+				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, binval, binval.length, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos,
+			CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		length = ((buf[pos] & 0x0f) * 100) + (((buf[pos + 1] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[pos + 1] & 0x0f);
+		if (length < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLBIN length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (length+pos+2 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLLBIN field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		byte[] _v = new byte[length];
+		System.arraycopy(buf, pos+2, _v, 0, length);
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(HexCodec.hexEncode(_v)), custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<byte[]>(type, _v, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LllvarParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LllvarParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..181545b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LllvarParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This class is used to parse fields of type LLLVAR.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class LllvarParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	
+	public LllvarParseInfo() {
+		super(IsoType.LLLVAR, 0);
+	}
+
+	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (!(Character.isDigit(buf[pos]) && Character.isDigit(buf[pos+1]) && Character.isDigit(buf[pos+2]))) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLVAR length '%s' pos %d",
+				new String(buf, pos, 3), pos), pos);
+		}
+		length = ((buf[pos] - 48) * 100) + ((buf[pos + 1] - 48) * 10) + (buf[pos + 2] - 48);
+		if (length < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLVAR length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (length+pos+3 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLLVAR field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		String _v = length == 0 ? "" : new String(buf, pos + 3, length);
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<String>(type, _v, length, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(_v), length, custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				//problems decoding? return the string
+				return new IsoValue<String>(type, _v, length, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		length = ((buf[pos] & 0x0f) * 100) + (((buf[pos + 1] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[pos + 1] & 0x0f);
+		if (length < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLLVAR length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (length+pos+2 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLLVAR field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos + 2, length), null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos + 2, length)), custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos + 2, length), null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlvarParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlvarParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..886f6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/LlvarParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This class is used to parse fields of type LLVAR.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class LlvarParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	public LlvarParseInfo() {
+		super(IsoType.LLVAR, 0);
+	}
+
+	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		length = ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + (buf[pos + 1] - 48);
+		if (length < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLVAR length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+2 > buf.length || length+pos+2 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLVAR field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		String _v = length == 0 ? "" : new String(buf, pos + 2, length);
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<String>(type, _v, length, null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(_v), length, custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<String>(type, _v, length, null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		
+		length = (((buf[pos] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[pos] & 0x0f);
+		if (length < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid LLVAR length %d pos %d", length, pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+1 > buf.length || length+pos+1 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for LLVAR field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (custom == null) {
+			return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos + 1, length), null);
+		} else {
+			IsoValue<T> v = new IsoValue<T>(type, custom.decodeField(new String(buf, pos + 1, length)), custom);
+			if (v.getValue() == null) {
+				return new IsoValue<String>(type, new String(buf, pos + 1, length), null);
+			}
+			return v;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/NumericParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/NumericParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e93ae5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/NumericParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This class is used to parse NUMERIC fields.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class NumericParseInfo extends AlphaNumericFieldParseInfo {
+
+	public NumericParseInfo(int len) {
+		super(IsoType.NUMERIC, len);
+	}
+
+	public <T extends Object> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		//A long covers up to 18 digits
+		if (length < 19) {
+			long l = 0;
+			long power = 1L;
+			for (int i = pos + (length / 2) + (length % 2) - 1; i >= pos; i--) {
+				l += (buf[i] & 0x0f) * power;
+				power *= 10L;
+				l += ((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) * power;
+				power *= 10L;
+			}
+			return new IsoValue<Number>(IsoType.NUMERIC, l, length, null);
+		} else {
+			//Use a BigInteger
+			char[] digits = new char[length];
+			int start = 0;
+			for (int i = pos; i < pos + (length / 2) + (length % 2); i++) {
+				digits[start++] = (char)(((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) + 48);
+				digits[start++] = (char)((buf[i] & 0x0f) + 48);
+			}
+			return new IsoValue<Number>(IsoType.NUMERIC, new BigInteger(new String(digits)), length, null);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/TimeParseInfo.java b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/TimeParseInfo.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae2a87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solab/iso8583/parse/TimeParseInfo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package com.solab.iso8583.parse;
+
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import com.solab.iso8583.CustomField;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoType;
+import com.solab.iso8583.IsoValue;
+
+/** This class is used to parse TIME fields.
+ * 
+ * @author Enrique Zamudio
+ */
+public class TimeParseInfo extends FieldParseInfo {
+
+	
+	public TimeParseInfo() {
+		super(IsoType.TIME, 6);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parse(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom)
+			throws ParseException {
+		if (pos < 0) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Invalid position %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		if (pos+6 > buf.length) {
+			throw new ParseException(String.format("Insufficient data for TIME field, pos %d", pos), pos);
+		}
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, ((buf[pos] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 1] - 48);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, ((buf[pos + 2] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 3] - 48);
+		cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, ((buf[pos + 4] - 48) * 10) + buf[pos + 5] - 48);
+		return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> IsoValue<?> parseBinary(byte[] buf, int pos, CustomField<T> custom) throws ParseException {
+		int[] tens = new int[3];
+		int start = 0;
+		for (int i = pos; i < pos + tens.length; i++) {
+			tens[start++] = (((buf[i] & 0xf0) >> 4) * 10) + (buf[i] & 0x0f);
+		}
+		Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
+		cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, tens[0]);
+		cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, tens[1]);
+		cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, tens[2]);
+		return new IsoValue<Date>(type, cal.getTime(), null);
+	}
+
+}