[API-users] eventDate parameter in occurrence/search?

[Kumiko Totsu]

Hi Christian,

Thank you for your reply. I will use the range query for now.

Kumiko

On 2015/10/15 19:27, Christian Gendreau [GBIF] wrote:
> Sorry, the link to the issue was missing:
> [1] http://dev.gbif.org/issues/browse/POR-1508
>
> Christian Gendreau
> Software Developer
> Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
> cgendreau at gbif.org
> http://www.gbif.org
>
> On 15/10/15 12:23, Christian Gendreau [GBIF] wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for reporting the issue.
>>
>> We recognize there are issues with the interpretation of some dates 
>> due to improper handling of timezones, the issues are with the API[1] 
>> and not the data. We will address those issues shortly but it will 
>> require some time. In the meantime, we kindly ask you to continue to 
>> use the date range query in order to get the expected results.
>>
>> We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Christian Gendreau
>> Software Developer
>> Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
>> cgendreau at gbif.org
>> http://www.gbif.org
>>
>> On 13/10/15 07:18, Kumiko Totsu wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I found a problem using 'eventDate' in the occurrence API. I could only
>>> get results by range queries but not with a date.
>>>
>>> 14 results between 2014-03-10 and 2014-03-11
>>> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?institutionCode=NIES&eventDate=2014-03-10,2014-03-11 
>>>
>>> 0 result on 2014-03-11 (It should be 14 results)
>>> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?institutionCode=NIES&eventDate=2014-03-11 
>>>
>>> 0 result on 2014-03-10
>>> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?institutionCode=NIES&eventDate=2014-03-10 
>>>
>>>
>>> The example below is totally fine, so it seems that not all data have
>>> this problem.
>>>
>>> 14 results between 2015-03-17 and 2015-03-18
>>> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?institutionCode=NIES&eventDate=2015-03-17,2015-03-18 
>>>
>>> 14 results on 2015-03-18
>>> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?institutionCode=NIES&eventDate=2015-03-18 
>>>
>>> 0 result on 2015-03-17
>>> http://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/search?institutionCode=NIES&eventDate=2015-03-17 
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there anything wrong with data or API?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Kumiko
>>> --------------------------------------------------------
>>> Kumiko Totsu
>>> Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies
>>> National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan
>>> totsu.kumiko at nies.go.jp
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