2540053 - How to maintain Hire Date while creating a new user in Employee Central via Import

How to maintain hire ate while creating a new user in Employee Central (EC) via import process?

Symptoms when hire date not maintained properly:

Manager is not appearing in the supervisor/ manager field in the job info of employee.

Time Account Creation calendar job run returns error SYSTEM_CANNOT_DELETE_TIME_ACCOUNT_EMPLOYEE_TIME_DETAIL

Employee Central 2.0

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