anusha(salesforce developer)

Friday, 24 June 2016

what is the correct format for entering a date into the dataloader?

I need to export tasks from 2005 and 2006. I'm using the field "CreatedDate" but I get an error everytime I run the dataloader.

Here is the information for the correct Date Format for the Dataloader.  But if you are trying to insert a value into a System Date field like Created or Last Modified you'll need to contact SFDC Support and allow you to override the System Date.  Also, you can only do this for a limited time, it is not open-ended.

When admin/user import date or date time field using Data Loader, admin/user always notice the Data uploaded from CSV files doesn't match with what are displaying from Salesforce records when admin/user check those imported records after login to admin/user SF account using web browser.

Knowledge Article Number: 344999 


Description
When admin/user import date or date time field using Data Loader, admin/user always notice the Data uploaded from CSV files doesn't match with what are displaying from Salesforce records when admin/user check those imported records after login to admin/user SF account using web browser.
Resolution
To insert record into Date or Date Time field using Data Loader:

1) "Date" type field accept either one of below format:
yyyy-mm-dd
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ


2) "Date Time" type field accept either one of below format:
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ
yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ


Example given below is based on user/admin set their SF timezone to "China/Taiwan timezone GMT+8" (admin/user set his or her time zone in SF under Setup | Personal Setup | My Personal Information | Personal Information | Timezone Setting )


If your field Data Type is "Date" type and Data Loader Timezone setting: "GMT+0" or "GMT" or blank, your example data in your import spreadsheet can be either one of below:
2011-01-10
2011-01-10 00:00:00
2011-01-10T00:00:00Z
2011-01-10T00:00:00.000Z


If your field Data Type is "Date" type and Data Loader Timezone setting: "GMT+8", your example data in your import spreadsheet must only be either one of below (if you set the hh:mm:ss to 00:00:00, the import date data in SF will display previous day '2011-01-09' instead of '2011-01-10'):
2011-01-10 08:00:00
2011-01-10T08:00:00Z
2011-01-10T08:00:00.000Z


If your field Data Type is "Date Time" type and Data Loader Timezone setting: "GMT+0" or "GMT" or blank, your data display in SF will be 8 hours ahead of your time XX:XX:XX (Basically it messes up all your date time data)
2011-01-10 XX:XX:XX+08:00 (This No Longer supported in Data Loader 20)
2011-01-10TXX:XX:XX+08:00 (This No Longer supported in Data Loader 20) 2011-01-10TXX:XX:XX.XXX+08:00 (This No Longer supported in Data Loader 20)


If your field Data Type is "Date Time" type and Data Loader Timezone setting: "GMT+8", your example data in your import spreadsheet must be either one of below in order to have the Date Time displaying from SF exactly what you imported in spreadsheet:
2011-01-10 XX:XX:XX
2011-01-10TXX:XX:XXZ
2011-01-10TXX:XX:XX.XXXZ



Note:
1) XX:XX:XX or XX:XX:XX.XXX symbol stands for the variable time you key in.
2) Above information is only applicable for SF latest Data Loader (is Data Loader version 20)

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