Incorrect time entries

[undy27]

The shortcut is entering the data into Apple Health with the wrong times. For example, I just ran the continuous HRV shortcut at 14:48, and it created entries in Apple Health between 13:41 and 21:51 today (that is, most of them with a future time). I don’t know if it has to do with the date/time representation, since I live in Spain

Thanks

[James-2879]

The API stores date/time as the local time (plus GMT offset), rather than directly as GMT. This usually doesn't cause a problem but I've noticed it can cause issues if you are crossing a lot of timezones.

Can you run this test shortcut (https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/9ecb3bf01d0e475cb31669c0fe624127), and let me know the messages it displays? It should just display the times it is trying to use for pulling and logging data.

Also, is 13:41 - 21:51 the actual time sleep was recorded, or is it offset by x hours?

[undy27]

Hi!

I haven’t left the country in months.

The test shortcut doesn’t work, it runs extremely slowly, and ends with the error message “Timeout expired.”

I’m not sure I fully understand the question. The hours I slept that day were approximately from 1:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. At 2:48 p.m. I ran the shortcut; in Apple Health it created entries with “Added to Health” at 2:48 p.m., and “Dates” from 1:41 p.m. to 9:51 p.m. (one entry every 5 minutes).

I just tried it again. I ran the shortcut at 9:35 a.m., and I already see the error. It created these entries:

12:02 a.m. to 12:57 a.m. (12 Shortcut entries, one every 5 minutes)
1:02 p.m. to 7:07 p.m. (71 Shortcut entries, one every 5 minutes)

There’s a clear pattern in the “gap” between 12:57 a.m. and 1:02 p.m. The hours after 12:57 a.m. were logged as “p.m.” instead of “a.m.”