Support Article
Systemwide: Date of Birth field manual input issue
SA-20573
Summary
Date of Birth field allows manual input of YY and converts to YYYY without giving an error. When YY is converted to YYYY, 35 or lower values are converted to 20YY, but 36 or values after it are converted to 19YY.
Error Messages
Not Applicable
Steps to Reproduce
- Create a Section, and include a DateTime control in any layout.
- Include the Section in the flow action, and run the flow.
Root Cause
An issue in the custom application code or rules: This is an expected behavior of Pega and manually entered YY as input becomes ambiguous.
Resolution
Perform one of the following local-changes:
- Select No for Allow text entry in the presentation tab of the property panel for the date control.
- Select Expected Format for Placeholder in the General tab of the property panel for the date control.
- Select Display value using read-only formatting in the Presentation tab of the property panel for the date control.
- Select Display mode as Dropdown lists in the Presentation tab of the property panel for the date control.
- Select mm/dd/yy format.
Published March 12, 2016 - Updated October 8, 2020
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