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Hi,

I use n8n to do some automated data collection that i want to store in the Aritable.

I get the current date in the n8n with the code

 

var data = DateTime.now().toFormat('dd/M/yyyy'); return { json: {Date: data} }

 

the output is 

 

[ { "Date": "27/6/2023" } ]

 

 The format seems to be valid, due to the airtable date documentation 

 

As the next step, i add some extra data and append it to the table, i get the error

 

Cannot parse date value "27/6/2023" for field Date

 

 That is super confusing because the format is exactly as in the documentation: 

{name: 'european', format: 'D/M/YYYY'} 

 

I've simplified the case and try to append the date only:

[ { "Date": "27/6/2023" } ]

Still getting the same error

ERROR: Your request is invalid or could not be processed by the service Cannot parse date value "27/6/2023" for field Date

This one worked fine:

 

var data = DateTime.now().toFormat('M/dd/yyyy'); return { json: {Date: data} }

 

 The data is:

 

[ { "Date": "6/27/2023" } ]

Still wondering why, as both formats should work fine, due to the documentation

 

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