Please note: if your location participates in Daylight Savings Time, double-check the dates for historical imports: if it's during standard time, proceed as normal, and if the date is during Daylight Savings Time, you'll need to account for the difference. For example, this historical appointment was (2016-11-01T12:00:00-04:00), but due to DST, it should have actually been (2016-11-01T12:00:00-05:00).
Formatting dates may be a little confusing because the system assumes UTC time, unless another timezone is specified.
- yyyy-mm-dd
- Example: 2016-11-01
- yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss
- Remember that this assumes UTC time, so if you're in an eastern time zone, you would see this as 8am. (There's a -4:00 offset)
- Remember that this assumes UTC time, so if you're in an eastern time zone, you would see this as 8am. (There's a -4:00 offset)
- Example: 2016-11-01T12:00:00
- yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss offset (where timezone offset is either + or -, and hh:mm)
- This would show as 12:00pm in the system (if in Eastern)
- Example: 2016-11-01T12:00:00-04:00
Notes
- For most imports, you will only need to use the date format
- For imports such as appointments, you may use the date-only format BUT:
- Example: 2016-11-01
- This will show as: 2016-10-31 at 8:00PM (if in Eastern)
- The time defaults to 00:00
- When translated from UTC, the appointment will appear to have happened the day before
We formatted dates with the time for appointments (or notes)! Why is it not working?
The date/time formatting must be formatted precisely in order for it to successfully upload. If only the date is formatted correctly, it won't process any data after that.
- 2016-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 - Works
- 2016-11-01 12:00 -400 - Will not work
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**Please Note: Dates can now be included with the following formatting (as of 6/11/2018):
MM/DD/YYYY
However, if you do include dates with this formatting, the following option must be selected when uploading your file: