How To Fix PH092 - Archiving date for time evaluation must be before today's date

PH092 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PH - PA: Archiving & Reorganization

• Message number: 092

• Message text: Archiving date for time evaluation must be before today's date

What causes this issue?

You have specified an archiving date that is in the future.

System Response

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

How to fix this error?

Choose an archiving date that comes before today's date.
If the system needs to use the archiving date to calculate a default
value for the retroactive accounting limit, note that the retroactive
accounting limit must come between the archiving date and today's date.
Therefore, you must specify an archiving date that is sufficiently far
back in the past.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

PH092 - Details

• The SAP error message PH092, which states "Archiving date for time evaluation must be before today's date," typically occurs when you are trying to archive time evaluation data in SAP, but the date you have specified for archiving is set to a future date or is the same as the current date. This is a validation check to ensure that only past data can be archived.
  
  Cause:
  
  Future Date: The archiving date you entered is set to a future date.
  Current Date: The archiving date is set to today's date, which is not allowed.
  Incorrect Configuration: There may be a configuration issue in the archiving settings.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you should ensure that the archiving date you are using is set to a date that is strictly before the current date. Here are the steps to follow:
  
  
  Check the Archiving Date: 
  
  Go back to the archiving transaction or program where you encountered the error.
  Verify the