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Add AL-focused AppSource validation guidance (#142)

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* knowledge(appsource): add AL validation guidance

* Address Marketplace review feedback

* Address remaining Marketplace review feedback

* Align AppSource review applicability outcome
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bc-version: [all]
domain: appsource
keywords: [date-literal, invariant-date, dateformula, localization, appsourcecop]
technologies: [al]
countries: [w1]
application-area: [all]
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# Use invariant date literals
## Description
Write fixed dates in AL with the invariant `yyyymmddD` syntax. A locale-dependent text value parsed with `Evaluate` can change meaning or fail under another user's regional settings, which makes the Marketplace extension unreliable across markets.
## Best Practice
Represent a fixed date directly as an AL date literal, such as `20250131D`. Use `CalcDate` with a date formula when the value is relative rather than fixed.
See sample: [`use-invariant-date-literals.good.al`](use-invariant-date-literals.good.al).
## Anti Pattern
Building a fixed date by passing localized text such as `01/02/2025` to `Evaluate`. Detection signal: `Evaluate` converting a hard-coded or label-backed formatted string into a `Date`.
See sample: [`use-invariant-date-literals.bad.al`](use-invariant-date-literals.bad.al).