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2484254 - How to set the UK date format in Forms - Onboarding 1.0

Symptom

Date format is wrong in the form, Even though the language is selected in super admin is en_GB

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Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 1.0

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Access the instance
  2. Generate any form which has the date field
  3. Notice that date format of the date field is in US format MM/DD/YYYY

Cause

PDFForm uses standard US date (MM/DD/YYYY)

Resolution

  1. Go to Super Admin
  2. Locate the Form and Date field ( for eg: Date of birth)
  3. Modify the format as shown in the below screen shot
    a) Delete the HR Data Key
    b) Manually enter the data as shown below {HRDataKey,DateFormat=dd/MM/yyyy}
    Uk date format.png
  4. Go to Onboarding from BizX
  5. Go to Settings>PDF Form
  6. Locate the form and field and select the HRDateKey in "Input value" section, and click on update
    Input Value.png

See Also

2160567 - How to Display Date Fields in UK format during the Process - Onboarding 1.0

Keywords

UK, Date, Format, Form, Onboarding, Change, US, mm/dd/yyyy, dd/mm/yyyy, PDF, Field, HR, Data, Key, HRDataKey, DateFormat , KBA , LOD-SF-OBD-FRM , Country Compliance Forms , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding