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3589553 - start-date format is incorrect error shows up via import Job History when File locale is Simplified Chinese

Symptom

start-date contains an invalid date format., The system failed to perform country/region-specific validation. Please ensure this record is associated with a valid Company record for the provided dates. The validation could have also failed due to the following reasons: 

1.The date format could be incorrect. Enter the date using the yyyy 年 M 月 d 日 format. 

Above error shows up when import File Locale is Simplified Chinese.

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

  • Import Employee Data

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Login instance
  2. Go to Import Employee Data<Job History
  3. Choose imported file
  4. Choose File locale to Simplified Chinese
  5. Click "Validate" or "Submit" button, error shows up

Cause

Date format is incorrect

Resolution

The correct data format should be yyyy[space]年[space]mm[space]月[space]dd[space]日. 

That means, if your start-date is 1900年1月1日, make sure to write it in format of 1900 年 1 月 1 日.

Keywords

start-date contains an invalid date format., The system failed to perform country/region-specific validation. Please ensure this record is associated with a valid Company record for the provided dates. The validation could have also failed due to the following reasons:  1.The date format could be incorrect. Enter the date using the yyyy 年 M 月 d 日 format.  Import Employee Data, Job Information, Event Date , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-EDP-JOB , Job Information Imports , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Core all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions