Data Types Supported by Data Loader

Data Loader supports the following data types:

Base64

String path to file (converts the file to a base64–encoded array). Base64 fields are only used to insert or update attachments and Salesforce CRM Content. For more information, see Upload Attachments and Upload Content with the Data Loader.

Boolean

• True values (case insensitive) = yes, y, true, on, 1
• False values (case insensitive) = no, n, false, off, 0

Date Formats

We recommend you specify dates in the format yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSS+/-HHmm:

• yyyy is the four-digit year
• MM is the two-digit month (01-12)
• dd is the two-digit day (01-31)
• HH is the two-digit hour (00-23)
• mm is the two-digit minute (00-59)
• ss is the two-digit seconds (00-59)
• SSS is the three-digit milliseconds (000-999)
• +/-HHmm is the Zulu (UTC) time zone offset

The following date formats are also supported:

• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS Pacific Standard Time
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSPacific Standard Time
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS PST
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSPST
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS GMT-08:00
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSGMT-08:00
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS -800
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS-800
• yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss
• yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
• yyyyMMdd'T'HH:mm:ss
• yyyy-MM-dd
• MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss
• MM/dd/yyyy
• yyyyMMdd

Note the following tips for date formats:

• To enable date formats that begin with the day rather than the month, select the Use European date format box in the Settings dialog. European date formats are dd/MM/yyyy and dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss.

• If your computer's locale is east of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), we recommend that you change your computer setting to GMT in order to avoid date adjustments when inserting or updating records.

• Only dates within a certain range are valid. The earliest valid date is 1700-01-01T00:00:00Z GMT, or just after midnight on January 1, 1700. The latest valid date is 4000-12-31T00:00:00Z GMT, or just after midnight on December 31, 4000. These values are offset by your time zone. For example, in the Pacific time zone, the earliest valid date is 1699-12-31T16:00:00, or 4:00 PM on December 31, 1699.

Double

Standard double string

ID

A Salesforce ID is a case-sensitive 15-character or case–insensitive 18-character alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies a particular record.

To ensure data quality, make sure that all Salesforce IDs you enter in Data Loader are in the correct case.

Tip

Integer

Standard integer string

String

All valid XML strings; invalid XML characters are removed.