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2604297 - Incorrect Year in Thai language

Symptom

When a user's locale has been set to th_TH (Thai language), the date values show incorrect years like 2560, 2561 etc.

Environment

Successfactors Bizx Platform

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Change the language to Thai from Options -> Change Language.
  2. Check the dates in the instance, for example, Go to my employee profile -> Job information section to create or edit on the date field.
  3. Notice the year value in the date field.

Cause

  • When we choose thai language in Bizx, it uses the Buddhist calendar and this is the expected behavior as per the design.
  • There is a 543 years difference between the Buddhist calendar and the Gregorian calendar.
  • The reckoning of the Buddhist Era in Thailand is 543 years ahead of the Christian/Common Era, so the year 2017 C.E. corresponds to B.E. 2560.
  • Please go through the following link for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_Thailand

Resolution

  • This is an expected behaviour as described above.
  • Support Engineers can go through the internal memo for more information.

See Also

KBA 2572327  - No option to change language in Options

Keywords

Thai language, Thai year, 2560, 2561, 543 years, buddhist calendar, year format, date format, wrong year, th_TH locale, change year. , KBA , LOD-SF-PLT-LAN , Manage Language & Text Replacements , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core 1711 ; SAP SuccessFactors platform all versions