3681244 - Unable to create Purchasing Info Records after 7PM EST

• When a product master (material) is created after 7 PM EST, attempting to create a Purchasing Info Record immediately fails with the error: “Material not valid until [Next day]”.
• The same product becomes valid and works fine the next day.

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

1. Create a product master (material) after 7 PM EST.
2. Attempt to create a Purchasing Info Record for the newly created material immediately.
3. Observe the error message: “Material not valid until [next-day date]”.

• The issue is caused by time-zone misalignment between the business system time zone (UTC) and the local creation time (EST).
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud stores validity dates (such as “Valid-From Date”) in UTC.
• When a material is created after 7 PM EST, it corresponds to after midnight UTC, which results in the system interpreting the material’s “Valid-From Date” as the next day.
• Consequently, when attempting to use the material on the same local day, the system identifies it as not yet valid, causing the error message: “Material not valid until [next-day date]”.

1. Adjust Valid-From Date during creation:

• When creating the product master, manually set the “Valid-From Date” to the current day (today’s date) rather than leaving it defaulted.
• This ensures the material becomes immediately valid in all time zones.

Note: This approach raises error when user manually change the Valid-From Date without specifying a Material Status (in the Sales or MM/Planning view), the system raises message M3134 because the Valid-From Date field in the Product Master (Material) is linked to a Material Status field.

In short: The “Valid-From Date” cannot exist without a corresponding Material Status value — they are technically tied together in the status management logic.

2. Adjust time-zone handling or creation time. If user does not intend to use a material status:

• Leave the Material Status field blank.
• Clear or reset the Valid-From Date field.
• Save the product. This allows immediate material validity based on creation date and avoids the dependency check.
• Avoid creating materials after the local 7 PM EST cutoff if the system runs in UTC.

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