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BillyBob_Bojangles
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Apple's required 2-digit month, 4-digit year field in their payment form does not work.

Apple signup requires a 2-digit month, 4-digit year format for your credit cards during signup, but then Apple says I'VE entered it incorrectly. Leaving any digits out causes the same "incorrect formatting" error. Does anyone have a solution/workaround for this? Thank you.

Posted on Sep 19, 2026 3:40 PM

2 replies

MrHoffman
User level: Level 10 (169,253 points)

Sep 19, 2026 4:22 PM in response to BillyBob_Bojangles

Are the month and day fields possibly reversed? DDMMYYYY versus MMDDYYYY.

BillyBob_Bojangles Author
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Sep 19, 2026 5:46 PM in response to MrHoffman

Thanks for the question. The date format required is MM/YYYY. When I input 04/2027 it is always rejected as "incorrect formatting". I've never seen the 4-digit year used anywhere else. Imagine all the people who cannot purchase AppleTV at this time. Amazing stuff.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256360770