Answers.Body: <p>It depends on the date format you have selected on Import Membership form when you try to upload the import file</p>
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Answers.Text: Thanks for coming back to me! Well,I hoped I had clearly described that I had matched the date styles, and still it does not work! I tried several different, and the registration still does not work. I can supet that I made another mistake, and the error message might not be too clear. The otters two imports, Contribution and Contact work well as the need for date is not mandatory.
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Answers.Body: <p>Per your comment Claes Rickeby, you can setup an custom membership status of &quot;Upcoming&quot;. This is an example:</p>
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Body: <p>I get the above statement when I try to import a membership. I have coded the date in different ways, and eventhough the fields match with my definition I get the same answer. Really I wonder why this field is mandatory and my import fail as a consequence. Can anyone help? I have already registered the Contact so this is step two.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Just curiosity, when you look at the csv in a text editor of some sort, what does the date value look like? Perhaps converting the date field to text, ensuring it remains as 'yyyymmdd' etc would help?
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Comments.Text: Thanks for your comment. I believe that the fallout was that the date was set to tomorrow, instad of today or yestertime. The fault message was therefore unclear!
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Title: Importing a future membership start date: Invalid value for field(s) : Start Date 01/25/2021
ThreadText: # Importing a future membership start date: Invalid value for field(s) : Start Date 01/25/2021
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-01-25)
  
  I get the above statement when I try to import a membership. I have coded the date in different ways, and eventhough the fields match with my definition I get the same answer. Really I wonder why this field is mandatory and my import fail as a consequence. Can anyone help? I have already registered the Contact so this is step two.
  
  **Tags:** civimember, import
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Just curiosity, when you look at the csv in a text editor of some sort, what does the date value look like? Perhaps converting the date field to text, ensuring it remains as 'yyyymmdd' etc would help?  
  > **username_0**: Thanks for your comment. I believe that the fallout was that the date was set to tomorrow, instad of today or yestertime. The fault message was therefore unclear!  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-01-25. Score: 0
  
  It depends on the date format you have selected on Import Membership form when you try to upload the import file
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/UqGrd.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/UqGrd.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for coming back to me! Well,I hoped I had clearly described that I had matched the date styles, and still it does not work! I tried several different, and the registration still does not work. I can supet that I made another mistake, and the error message might not be too clear. The otters two imports, Contribution and Contact work well as the need for date is not mandatory.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2022-06-20. Score: 0
  
  Per your comment username_0, you can setup an custom membership status of "Upcoming". This is an example:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/xeeMk.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/xeeMk.png)
  
  
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