2873861 - Error: 'Bad date format string.' when refreshing a report in Crystal Reports

• Error: Bad date format string.
• The same report refresh successfully on a different computer.
• Function: cDate, generates an error when attempting to convert a string, to a date.
• When refreshing a report that contains a formula to convert a string to a date, Crystal Reports fails with the error:
          
     "Bad date format string."
      
     

• SAP Crystal Reports 2011
• SAP Crystal Reports 2013
• SAP Crystal Reports 2016 

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