# Error: Unknown or bad format (PD)

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/error-unknown-or-bad-format-pd/18204>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/error-unknown-or-bad-format-pd/18204 "2021-02-17T12:14:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![antonio-lazzari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/antonio-lazzari/32/737_2.png) [@antonio-lazzari](https://forum.mautic.org/u/antonio-lazzari)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/error-unknown-or-bad-format-pd/18204/1 "2021-02-17T12:14:15Z")

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**Your software**  
My Mautic version is: 3.2.5  
My PHP version is: last supported  
My Database type and version is: last supported

**Your problem**  
My problem is: the emails have apparently (as I can saw) random sending errors

These errors are showing in the log: mautic.ERROR: CAMPAIGN: Determining interval scheduled failed with “DateInterval::\_\_construct(): Unknown or bad format (PD)”

Any ideas guys? Thanks a lot

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**Author:** ![Vytenis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/vytenis/32/3856_2.png) [@Vytenis](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Vytenis)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/error-unknown-or-bad-format-pd/18204/2 "2021-04-28T14:27:07Z")

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I can confirm this happening for us as well. PHP v 7.4.12. It happens only with scheduled campaigns. I feel it might be related to variables not being populated. But still ivnestigating

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**Author:** ![antonio-lazzari](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/antonio-lazzari/32/737_2.png) [@antonio-lazzari](https://forum.mautic.org/u/antonio-lazzari)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2022, 11:09am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/error-unknown-or-bad-format-pd/18204/3 "2022-02-25T11:09:41Z")

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Hi dear any news about this issue? I still have the same problem with 4.1.2
