phacility/phabricator · error · PhabricatorSearchConstraintException

The specified "Created Before" date is earlier in time than

Error message

The specified "Created Before" date is earlier in time than the specified "Created After" date, so this query can never match any results.

What it means

Error "The specified "Created Before" date is earlier in time than the specified "Created After" date, so this query can never match any results." thrown in phacility/phabricator.

Source

Thrown at src/applications/feed/query/PhabricatorFeedTransactionSearchEngine.php:54

  }

  protected function buildQueryFromParameters(array $map) {
    $query = $this->newQuery();

    if ($map['authorPHIDs']) {
      $query->withAuthorPHIDs($map['authorPHIDs']);
    }

    if ($map['objectTypes']) {
      $query->withObjectTypes($map['objectTypes']);
    }

    $created_min = $map['createdStart'];
    $created_max = $map['createdEnd'];

    if ($created_min && $created_max) {
      if ($created_min > $created_max) {
        throw new PhabricatorSearchConstraintException(
          pht(
            'The specified "Created Before" date is earlier in time than the '.
            'specified "Created After" date, so this query can never match '.
            'any results.'));
      }
    }

    if ($created_min || $created_max) {
      $query->withDateCreatedBetween($created_min, $created_max);
    }

    return $query;
  }

  protected function getURI($path) {
    return '/feed/transactions/'.$path;
  }

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at src/applications/feed/query/PhabricatorFeedTransactionSearchEngine.php:54 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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