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2445684 - Record Learning error: completion date is not in the valid format

Symptom

  • It is not possible to Record Learning, either Financial or Multiple, when applying certain date and hour in the boxes Completion Date and Completion Time, respectively.
  • Validation Error will appear: "The completion date 00/AAA/0000 00:00:00 Country/City is not in the valid format."

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Learning

Reproducing the Issue

Attempt to record learning either via UI or learning history connector for any of the following date/time combinations:

  • MAR-13-2011 02:00:00
  • MAR-11-2012 02:00:00
  • MAR-10-2013 02:00:00
  • MAR-09-2014 02:00:00
  • MAR-08-2015 02:00:00
  • MAR-13-2016 02:00:00
  • MAR-12-2017 02:00:00

In the Admin side, click:

  1. Users > Tools > Record Learning - Financial or Record Learning - Multiple >
  2. Select the Event Type desired and click "Next" >
  3. Add the desired object and click "Next" >
  4. Fill the boxes Completion Date and Completion Time and click "Next" >
  5. The following Validation Error will appear: "The completion date 00/AAA/0000 00:00:00 Country/City is not in the valid format.".

Cause

  • In almost all USA, the daylight saving time begins every second Sunday of March, at 2:00 a.m. local time. 
  • As the times shown in the "reproducing the issue" section are during DST, they technically do not exist as clocks will be changed from 1:59 to 3:00 and there is no 2:00 timeframe available to be recorded.
  • It will affect the customers that are in the DC8 datacenter.

Resolution

To be able to successfully Record Learning - Financial or Record Learning - Multiple, it is necessary to use a different hour for the given date. For example, it would be necessary to use either 1:00 a.m. or 3:00 a.m.

See Also

Keywords

daylight, saving, time, record, learning, financial, multiple, the completion date is not in the valid format, DST, spring, ahead , KBA , LOD-SF-LMS , Learning Management System , LOD-SF-LMS-ADM , System Admin, Global Variables, References , LOD-SF-LMS-COR , LMS Core - Items, Catalog, Curricula , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Learning all versions