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
- Login instance
- Go to Import Employee Data<Job History
- Choose imported file
- Choose File locale to Simplified Chinese
- 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
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