SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

3238208 - Valid dates in SuccessFactors

Symptom

When trying to insert 00/00/1958 as a date (MM/DD/YYYY) the system is not saving the date.  

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Go to People Profile; 
  2. Edit the Date of Birth; 
  3. Try to change to "00/00/1958"
  4. The system will not respect this action. 

Cause

The system is not configured to understand days and months equal to 0, only valid months or days related to the Gregorian calendar. 

If you consider this is valid to your business, please open an Enhancement Request.

Resolution

You need to use valid dates to save dates in SAP SuccessFactors. 

Keywords

dates , date of birth , MM/DD/YYYY , valid , zero, zeros, field, not, saving,  , KBA , LOD-SF-PLT , Platform Foundational Capabilities , LOD-SF-EP-UI , People Profile UI (PP3 UI) , Product Enhancement

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM suite all versions