--- schema_version: "1" id: a040f48a2c16b96e1fb540520f519b907498d80ce26794373989bffe1190ca59 title: Supported Date Formats for Import in Marketing Cloud Engagement collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/mktg/264-0-0/mc_overview_supported_date.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=mktg.mc_overview_supported_date.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: b873457c51fb9c928919f0af0b149511616f8b9f55543acb746cca3a5cafa556 description: When you import files that include dates, use the same date format in both the file and the time specification in the ImportDefinition field. products: - Marketing - Marketing Cloud Engagement release: "264" --- # Supported Date Formats for Import in Marketing Cloud Engagement When you import files that include dates, use the same date format in both the file and the time specification in the ImportDefinition field. For example, a file that uses the English (United Kingdom) format must use 22/01/2024 for the date January 22, 2024 and not 01/22/2024. See [Supported Date and Time Formats](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.admin_supported_date_time_format.htm&language=en_US) for a list of supported date formats when uploading a date value into a date-type field in a subscriber attribute or data extension. The import references the rules in this list to validate the dates in the file. This table lists the supported date format patterns. | Pattern | Example | | --- | --- | |