I’m currently working on a Zoho CRM integration using PHP and facing issues when trying to submit a date field (API_Date). The required format for the date is YYYY-MM-DD, and I want to ensure I’m using the right approach for formatting this date before sending it to the API.
What are the recommended methods for formatting the current date in PHP to ensure compatibility with Zoho CRM?
I appreciate any insights or advice you can share on best practices for handling date fields in Zoho CRM API integrations.
Additional Context:
I’m using PHP version 7.4 and the latest version of the Zoho CRM PHP SDK (zohocrm/php-sdk-2.0).
Other fields in the record submission are working without any issues; the problem seems to be isolated to the date field.
What I’ve Tried(Till Now):
- Used PHP’s DateTime:
$currentDate = new DateTime();
$recordInstance->addKeyValue('Current_date', $currentDate->format('Y-m-d'));
- Used date function:
$recordInstance->addKeyValue('API_Date', date('Y-m-d'));
Despite trying the above methods, I keep receiving an error when attempting to submit the record. The error message is as follows:
Exception: in /path/to/zoho/crm/api/util/Converter.php on line 177
#0 /path/to/zoho/crm/api/util/JSONConverter.php(460): comzohocrmapiutilConverter->valueChecker('comzohocrmap...', 'apiDate', Array, '2024-10-21', Array, 0)