Esta linha está dando erro: "Poucos argumentos". Qual é o problema?

$InsertQuery = sprintf("INSERT INTO listing (ldate, places, company, designation, projectdetails, desiredcandidate, hrname, hrcontact, email) VALUES (DATE_FORMAT(%s,'%Y %m %d),%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s,%s)", $ldate,$places,$company,$designation, htmlentities($projectdetails), htmlentities($desiredcandidate),$hrname,$hrcontact,$email);