# Strange Error in datetime()

**URL:** <https://scilab.discourse.group/t/strange-error-in-datetime/696>\
**Category:** Data handling\
**Created:** [October 29, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/strange-error-in-datetime/696 "2024-10-29T14:46:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 29, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/strange-error-in-datetime/696/1 "2024-10-29T14:46:28Z")

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I have this code i cannot upload because of policy but hier is a snippet:

//Read JSON File from Dashboard Log  
filenameIn=fullfile(pathIn+nameIn+ending(1));  
FMS\_MQTT\_WS=fromJSON(filenameIn,“file”);  
for i=1:size(FMS\_MQTT\_WS)(2);  
time(i)=datetime(FMS\_MQTT\_WS.timestamp(i), “InputFormat”,“yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ”,“OutputFormat”,“yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS”);  
payload(i)=FMS\_MQTT\_WS.data(i).payload;  
end;  
TS=timeseries(time, payload)

and some timestamps like:

Startup execution:  
loading initial environment

→ exec(‘C:\Users\buehlpas\Documents\Scilab\Scilab-Dashboard.sci’, -1)  
at line 62 of function datetimeWithInputFormat ( C:\Program Files\scilab-2025.0.0\modules\time\macros\datetime.sci line 75 )  
at line 624 of function datetime ( C:\Program Files\scilab-2025.0.0\modules\time\macros\datetime.sci line 635 )  
at line 12 of executed file C:\Users\buehlpas\Documents\Scilab\Scilab-Dashboard.sci

datetime: Unable to convert the time: hours must be in [0, 24], minutes in [0, 59] and seconds in [0, 59].  
 → FMS\_MQTT\_WS.timestamp(16)

ans =

“2024-10-29T07:45:54.881Z”

→ FMS\_MQTT\_WS.timestamp(17)

ans =

“2024-10-29T07:45:59.898Z”

and for 16cycles it works and the 17 is Error, but i see no difference between them?

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://scilab.discourse.group/t/strange-error-in-datetime/696/2 "2024-11-04T16:00:44Z")

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Hello,

I have opened an issue: [datetime("2024-10-29T07:45:59.898Z", "InputFormat","yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ","OutputFormat","yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS") returns an error (#17328) · Issues · scilab / scilab · GitLab](https://gitlab.com/scilab/scilab/-/issues/17328)