# ACL shipments lost all their dates when ACL left one date blank **URL:** \ **Category:** Known and fixed issues\ **Created:** [November 5, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.dockflow.com/t/acl-shipments-lost-all-their-dates-when-acl-left-one-date-blank/20 "2026-11-05T20:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dockflow](https://community.dockflow.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@dockflow](https://community.dockflow.com/u/dockflow)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.dockflow.com/t/acl-shipments-lost-all-their-dates-when-acl-left-one-date-blank/20/1 "2026-11-05T20:23:41Z")
**Status:** Fixed since August 2026 **How to recognise it** An Atlantic Container Line (ACL) shipment showed no dates for any of its containers, while ACL’s own tracking showed real sailing and discharge dates. **Which shipments this affects** ACL shipments where ACL left at least one date unfilled, for example the arrival date of a container that had already been discharged. That one date was enough to lose the real dates of every container on the same document. **Cause** ACL fills a date it does not have with 1 January of year 1 instead of leaving it empty. **What changed** Dockflow now treats ACL’s year-1 date as missing. The real dates on the same shipment are kept, and no event is ever shown in year 1. **Is past data corrected?** No. The fix applies to new events; earlier events keep their original wording. **How to check your shipment** Compare the sailing and discharge dates on the shipment with ACL’s own tracking. They should now match. If a date is still empty in Dockflow while ACL shows one, send support the shipment reference. **Do you need to do anything?** Nothing. **Related** - [https://docs.dockflow.com/faqs/data-is-wrong](https://docs.dockflow.com/faqs/data-is-wrong) - [What do ETS, ATS, ETA and ATA mean? | Dockflow Documentation](https://docs.dockflow.com/faqs/dates-and-milestones)