Azure Functions
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Azure function returned wrong value for datetime.now()
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Kübra Kutlu
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Between 13th-15th of December 2024, my Azure function produced wrong results for the code below. It was stuck on 13th of December until 2024-12-15T17:08:05Z. I realized it because I save csv files to data lake with the naming "lam_data_{current_time_minus_1h.strftime('%Y%m%d')}.csv". What was the reason for this fault?
helsinki_tz = pytz.timezone('Europe/Helsinki')
current_time = datetime.now(helsinki_tz)
current_time_minus_1h = current_time - timedelta(hours=1)
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Khadeer Ali 4,075 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff2025-02-10T14:33:38.92+00:00 Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform.
Thanks for letting us know. Could you let us know how could you identify the issue is related to particular block of code?
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Khadeer Ali 4,075 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2025-02-11T09:54:10.3766667+00:00 We have reached out to your over private message could you please check and help us with requested information to assist you further.
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Khadeer Ali 4,075 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2025-02-12T12:00:47.94+00:00 Did you have an opportunity to review the previous response and share the details?
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Kübra Kutlu 0 Reputation points
2025-02-24T08:40:33.02+00:00 Hi @Khadeer Ali ,
I also contacted Azure IT support. They have investigated the issue and concluded that it's not platform related. Because the event happened few months ago, logs can't be obtained either. I will not follow this question anymore. Thanks!
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Khadeer Ali 4,075 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2025-02-24T08:42:46.9233333+00:00 Thanks for letting us know!
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Tom Wilson 0 Reputation points2025-03-05T15:31:56.9966667+00:00 We've had the same problem recently, i.e, Azure environment for our python AF not updating the system date for several days. Redeploying the Azure Function (without code changes) fixed it... for now. But problems like this do not inspire confidence in the platform.
The problem seems intermittent and whenever we do a new deployment (e.g, with diagnostic code) everything works fine again, so we have not been able to provide a reproducible error.
It is not persuasive that the Azure team has concluded that it's not platform related.
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