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Why do I get different query results for "Creation Date before (including)" 2 years ago vs. 24 months ago vs. 4/11/2012?


Markus Nosse (15112828) | asked Apr 11 '14, 4:59 a.m.
edited Apr 11 '14, 5:55 a.m.
Hi,
today, I noticed strange behavior in RTC v4.0.2. I have a query using the creation date as argument: "Creation date before (including)"
The result of the query varies depending on the argument given:
* Creation date before (including) 2 years ago   -> 2392
* Creation date before (including) 24 month ago  -> 1900
* Creation date before (including) 4/11/2012      -> 1878

Of course, no other argument in the query has changed. I would have expected, that the number of items in the result are pretty much the same (at least when running the query on 4/11/14). However, the result varies by more than 20%.

Anyone has an idea why this happens and maybe can provide an explanation ?

Thanks in advance
Markus

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Brian Fleming (1.6k11928) | answered Apr 11 '14, 11:45 a.m.
A similar question was asked here:
https://jazz.net/forum/questions/118019/relative-date-query-not-working-properly

Based on that response your "Creation date before (including) 2 years ago"
is actually querying since Jan 1, 2012 and
"Creation date before (including) 24 month ago"
is actually querying since April 1, 2012
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Markus Nosse commented Apr 14 '14, 4:01 a.m. | edited Apr 15 '14, 1:10 a.m.

Thanks for your answer. I expected something like this.
Do you happen to know if this is documented in the help center somewhere?

Regards
Markus


Brian Fleming commented Apr 14 '14, 9:22 a.m.

Its documented here:
https://jazz.net/library/article/1007 (search on "timestamps")

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