# pdf/fail/failed-to-extract-statement-date
Some statement formats use an abbreviated format for the transaction date which excludes the year e.g "31 Dec" and "1 Jan" or "12 31" and "01 01". We have to work out what year to use when converting these abbreviated dates. We do this by finding another date in the statement which is printed in full - typically the issuedOn date or the statement period - i.e. from and to dates. However if we were unable to find these full dates then we won't be able to correctly guess the year for each transaction. In this case the pdf/fail/failed-to-extract-statement-date error is returned.
Some example formats which have abbreviated transaction dates include: