Chinese USPS Ship Date is invalid. Use format dd-mmm-yyyy [#1925240]

Drupal 7 English and Chinese

English can get request rate.
Chinese error "Ship Date is invalid. Use format dd-mmm-yyyy"

change uc_usps.module
line:463
'' . format_date(time(), 'custom', 'd-M-Y', 'America/New_York') . '';
to
'' . format_date(time(), 'custom', 'd-m-Y', 'America/New_York') . '';
it works both English and Chinese.
but don't know why. anyone could tell me why and should I change it on uc_usps.module.

Comment	File	Size	Author
#2	usps_error.jpg	46.51 KB	geduozhao

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Comments

Comment #1

TR CreditAttribution: TR commented 23 February 2013 at 21:17

Status:

Active

» Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

Please turn on the shipping quotes debug information at admin/store/settings/quotes/settings, try to get a quote, and post here the part of the XML sent to USPS that contains the <ShipDate> tag. Do this before and after you make the above change, so we can see what is being sent to USPS by your server.

Comment #2

geduozhao CreditAttribution: geduozhao commented 24 February 2013 at 01:19

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usps_error.jpg	46.51 KB

Thank you for your help, TR.

=====================================================
with
('' . format_date(time(), 'custom', 'd-m-Y', 'America/New_York') . '';)

<ShipDate Option="EMSH">23-02-2013</ShipDate>

=====================================================

with
('' . format_date(time(), 'custom', 'd-M-Y', 'America/New_York') . '';)

    Ship Date is invalid. Use format dd-mmm-yyyy.

<Revision>2</Revision><Package ID="0"><Service>ALL</Service><ZipOrigination>10002</ZipOrigination><ZipDestination>10002</ZipDestination><Pounds>1</Pounds><Ounces>0.0</Ounces><Container>VARIABLE</Container><Size>REGULAR</Size><Value>8</Value><Machinable>FALSE</Machinable><ReturnLocations>TRUE</ReturnLocations><ShipDate Option="EMSH">23-2 æ��-2013</ShipDate></Package>

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<RateV4Response><Package ID="0"><Error><Number>-2147219422</Number><Source>DomesticRatesV4;clsRateV4.ValidateShipDate;RateEngineV4.ProcessRequest</Source><Description>Ship Date is invalid.  Use format dd-mmm-yyyy.</Description><HelpFile></HelpFile><HelpContext>1000440</HelpContext></Error></Package></RateV4Response>

I don't want to hack the uc_usps.module to make it works.Thanks Tim

Comment #3

TR CreditAttribution: TR commented 24 February 2013 at 01:13

When you post in this forum you have to put markup between <code></code> tags so it's readable.

d-M-Y means to print out the three letter month abbreviation where the M is.
d-m-Y means to print out the two digit month number where the m is.
The USPS documentation says that the three letter month abbreviation, in English, must be used.

It looks like when you use M, you're getting garbage. I suspect that has something to do with how your PHP is configured on your server - maybe your PHP language settings are causing that. You can write a tiny PHP script and run it from the command line to see what that format_date() function prints out on your server.

Comment #4

geduozhao CreditAttribution: geduozhao commented 24 February 2013 at 01:23

Thanks Tim. Let me try.:)

Comment #5

geduozhao CreditAttribution: geduozhao commented 24 February 2013 at 02:41

Just disabled translate d-M-Y to Chinese. It works without hack uc_usps.module.

Thank you so much. Tim.:)

Comment #6

geduozhao CreditAttribution: geduozhao commented 24 February 2013 at 02:43

Status:

Postponed (maintainer needs more info)

» Closed (fixed)

Fixed

Comment #7

TR CreditAttribution: TR commented 24 February 2013 at 03:01

Status:

Closed (fixed)

» Fixed

Comment #8

longwave

he/him

English

CreditAttribution: longwave commented 27 February 2013 at 08:22

Category:	support	» bug
Status:	Fixed	» Active

This is a bug. format_date() is a Drupal function that by default formats the month name to the current locale (in this case, Chinese) but USPS always expects the month name in English.

Comment #9

longwave

he/him

English

CreditAttribution: longwave commented 27 February 2013 at 09:11

Status:

Active

» Fixed

Tested on a site with English and French installed, the same error occurs when using French at checkout. Fixed in http://drupalcode.org/project/ubercart.git/commitdiff/fef42ba