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--- contact-file-preparation-dates [2019/03/11 13:48]
benc [Importing Dates into Sentori]
+++ contact-file-preparation-dates [2019/03/11 14:44]
benc [Importing Dates into Sentori]
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 Examples of this might be:
-- Sentori preventing you from mapping the column by displaying an error when you try.
+  * Sentori preventing you from mapping the column by displaying an error when you try.
-- day and month parts of your values are swapped, giving you either a different date date or an invalid one, e.g. if your data was intended to represent 1st February 2000 it might be incorrectly interpreted as 2nd January 2000.
+  * day and month parts of your values are swapped, giving you either a different date date or an invalid one, e.g. if your data was intended to represent 1st February 2000 it might be incorrectly interpreted as 2nd January 2000.
 This article describes how to ensure your date values are correctly imported into Sentori.
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 Some examples of this:
-|**Value**|**Represents**|
+^Value^Represented Date^
 |25/12/2010|25th December 2010|
 |01/03/1980|1st March 1980|
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+===== Comma Separated Values (CSV) File =====
+Different applications create CSV files in different ways, but the key result is for the date values to appear as follows when the CSV file is opened in a simple text editor:
+<code>
+Email,DateValue
+"me@example.com",15/01/2018
+"other@example.com",24/06/2018
+</code>
+If it's surrounded by any type of quotes, then Sentori probably won't be able to read it as a date.