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2848683 - Incorrect date being displayed when inserting a record with date format ddmmyyyy - Español ‎(Mexico)‎ or es_MX

Symptom

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Incorrect date being displayed when inserting a record with date format ddmmyyyy - Español ‎(Mexico)‎ or  es_MX

Environment

SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

1. Change your language to es_Mx via clicking Options > Change Language > Select Español ‎(Mexico)‎ > Switch.

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2. Go to any Employeee > Insert a new record in the personal information portlet with effective date 19102019 (October 19, 2019).

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3. As you hit enter you will notice that the date will automatically become "20 de oct de 2019"

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Cause

 This is an expected behavior, for language es_Mx the following format are supported.

Data Type Style Output Format Example
date numeric yyyyMMdd 20030613
  short dd/MM/yy 13/06/2003
  long d 'de' MMMM 'de' yyyy 13 de junio de 2003

See Also

2233783 - Date Field Format in People Profile

Keywords

ECT-125386, DateFormat, es_MX , KBA , LOD-SF-EC , Employee Central , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions