parseDate works in service but does not work in subscription

[Willie]

The parseDate function works when I run it in a service for testing purposes, but it does not work when I try to use it in a subscription that calls a service that uses the parseDate function.

Please see below:

Working example: Converts PST time to JST time

Not working: Service called by subscription

Error: "Invalid format"

For reference:

https://www.ptc.com/en/support/article/CS219448

https://www.joda.org/joda-time/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormat.html

[PaiChung]

It seems to want to 'pass on' time from epoch?

not sure why it works in one and not the other, is there any basetype differences?

[Willie]

Basetypes of both services:

Input: string

Output: TimeStamp

[Willie · Accepted solution]

I found the error....

It seems that I was using "eventData" instead of "eventData.newValue.value" as the input in the subscription....

The subscription is triggered based on DataChange.

[slangley]

Hi @Willie.

Which version of ThingWorx are you running? We tested under 8.5.3 and received an unexpected result.  We'll probably need to open an internal case for this.

Regards.

--Sharon

[Willie]

I am using thingworx v8.4.5