# Invalid Format: SyntaxError: Expected "{" but "d" found **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-format-syntaxerror-expected-but-d-found/50796 **Category:** Support **Created:** [September 28, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-format-syntaxerror-expected-but-d-found/50796 "2016-09-28T14:15:54Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 10
### Author: ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard) #### Post date: [March 11, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-format-syntaxerror-expected-but-d-found/50796/10 "2019-03-11T12:55:09Z")
Searching for the string which is causing this error got a lot easier last year. > [@How to check locale files for errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-check-locale-files-for-errors/96527): > > Have you ever wondered why a translated string isn’t used by Discourse? Is Discourse [showing wrong numbers and dates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-time-delta-on-post-ru-interface-only/83390) when a locale other than English is used? Are you seeing [“Invalid Format” errors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-syntax-error-related-to-polish-language/96281) in some parts of Discourse? It’s quite likely that an error in some translations is causing those problems. There’s a rake task that lists all problems found for a specific locale. You can run it inside your Docker container as well as in your development environment by executing the following comman… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invalid-format-syntaxerror-expected-but-d-found/50796)._