So there was a job application online where you can type all your details and my only mistake was my job experience date and what I did was month day year and I saw the hard copy because I printed it It should be dd/mm/yyyy. But they asked me to send certificate of employment too and after I sent it all to online they sent me a confirmation that they have received all my files and my files are being recorded. Do you think they will not interview me for what I did? Can I send a batch of my information again even though I already sent an old one. by the way when you typed it I had to print it because I need to put my wet signature on it and scanned it because they were asking for PDF version of it. So I sent it all and they emailed me that my application was recorded. Can I still do it the second time will the employer get confused of if I send second pdf of my correct dates of my work experience? Won't they get confused of double pdf?
Will a date format mistake on my job application hurt my chances?
"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to chose from." - Andrew S. Tanenbaum
It's because of this shit that, when I personally write a date, I go with military dating and timing which is unambiguous. For example, as I type, it is (in Central Daylight Time in the USA) is 23: 39 CDT on M 27 JUL 2026. If I am dealing with international stuff, then 23: 39 CDT (UTC -5) on M 27 JUL 2026.
Unfortunately, when you have to enter a date on a form, you have to be careful...
Should I filled out form again and printed it out and scanned it again and send it to them as pdf file? Like basically sending again second application?
If you feel compelled to do so. Perhaps emailing is sufficient explaining what happened. Since I don't know much about the company or even where it's located, it's hard to just what the best course of action is. I don't think this is a big deal though. Especially if the DD part is greater than 12. For instance, 02/29/1980 is 29 February 1980 in the USA. In Europe, that would be written 29/02/1980. Now, if someone in the USA saw "29/02/1980", that would be nonsensical to them but, if smart enough, they'd quickly realize what was meant was 02/29/1980 and, if they realized that the person was from a country that did dd/mm/yyyy, they might be fine with it. It's slightly more problematic if the dd is 12 or less because then you can't tell the difference. What is this date? 03/10/1968? To me, an American, that's 10 MAR 1968. To a European, that's 03 OCT 1968. So, to resolve the ambiguity, there'd need to be a context clue such as "in mm/dd/yyyy" or "in dd/mm/yyyy" format.
So, they think your work experience started 8 months later... You might want to redo the application, but if you know who has your application (or just call the HR office), they will understand and fix it.
JIS format is (yy) yy. mm. dd. The century component is optional but shouldn't be. The good thing is it is sortable. As nearly everybody knows what century it is, it is fairly obvious and year month day is natural as bigger components to smaller components of dates.
Also natural to add time components as HH:MM:SS. ssssss though some standards use a T and others just a space to demark the transition between date and time.
We should all transition to writing dates that way and eliminate the 12 hr clock to the 24 hr clock.
@RavVid I was never in the military. I first saw that over 40 years ago in printed class hour schedules at my college. I've seen other colleges use that and a few other places as well.
Who established the standard for abbreviating the weekday by 1 letter as U for Sunday, M for Monday, T for Tuesday, W for Wednesday, R for Thursday, F for Friday, and S for Saturday?
No single person or official global body established this system. Instead, this specific set of single-letter abbreviations (M, T, W, R, F, S, U) evolved organically as an institutional convention—most notably used by university registrars, college scheduling systems, and database administrators to cleanly fit multi-day meeting patterns (like MWF or TR for Tuesday/Thursday) into tight grid spaces. Why These Letters Are Used M – Monday T – Tuesday W – Wednesday R – Thursday (Chosen because T is already taken by Tuesday, so registrars adopted R, the prominent internal consonant from Th-u-r-s-d-a-y) F – Friday S – Saturday U – Sunday (Chosen to avoid a double S conflict with Saturday; U comes from s-U-nday or Sun / Ur variants)
I would assume your birthday day is between 1 and 12 to have made it through date validation. I am very conscious of date formats because US sites will be different to local format.
If they are looking closely enough to notice the discrepancy then they should have enough synapses to figure out the cause of discrepancy.
To re-upload details again would I think cause more confusion. Better to ring if it is distressing you.
0
3 Reply
Asker
1 mo
Right. No I made mistake on my work experience dates not my birthday.
But I have sent certificates of employment to back it up so meaning they will notice I made mistake what I did was month day year it should be dd/mm/yyyy. I put the month first.
Most recruiters overlook minor format issues, especially if: - The dates clearly make sense. - Your certificate of employment supports your actual dates.
You have two good options:
1. Do nothing If the only issue is the order (mm/dd vs dd/mm) and it doesn’t change the meaning, just leave it.
2. Clarify once, briefly Send a short email: “I realized I wrote my employment dates in a different format. To avoid confusion, my correct dates are: …” Attach one corrected PDF and say it replaces the previous version.
I think you would confuse them if you sent in anything more. Try to contact someone there to correct the mistake for you if you have no way of accessing it yourself.
Girl's Behavior 
Guy's Behavior 
Flirting 
Dating 
Relationships 
Fashion & Beauty 
Health & Fitness 
Marriage & Weddings 
Shopping & Gifts 
Technology & Internet 
Break Up & Divorce 
Education & Career 
Entertainment & Arts 
Family & Friends 
Food & Beverage 
Hobbies & Leisure 
Other 
Religion & Spirituality 
Society & Politics 
Sports 
Travel 
Trending & News 
Most Helpful Opinions