Vault Time Travel

[bennywise578]

Hi All,

We seem to have fallen pretty far down the rabbit hole on this one - I'll try to be concise.

Problem:

Approval dates in the title blocks of our Inventor drawings (Checked Date, Eng Appr Date, Mfg Appr Date, etc) are changing in a seemingly sporadic manner when the files are opened (sometimes on check out).

Observations:

-Since we upgraded Inventor/Vault from 2010 to 2013 (a little over a year ago), we have had this problem.

-Vault has multiple properties of different data types and states mapped to each approval date property within an Inventor DWG.

-The CAD admin has made various changes to the Vault property states/mapping over the past year. Essentially, for each approval date, he has disabled all but one of the Vault properties and made the mapping one way from Inventor.

-A seemingly default 12:00:00 AM time stamp has become associated with a lot of the approval dates and when this time stamp is present, the date typically goes back a day when the file is opened and/or checked out.

-Occasionally, we will see this time stamp +/- an hour which led us to believe that Daylight Savings might be an additional issue as well.

-Our server/client date & time are spot on.

-This issue is primarily seen in existing drawings (pre-upgrade and/or before property states/mappings were changed)

Example:

If you follow this workflow, simulating what the CAD admin may have done, then the date will go back a day:

Initial conditions:

Property 1:

Name: "Date Checked"

Type: Date

State: Enabled

Mapping:  Bi-directional to "Date Checked" property in Inventor DWG(ßà)

Property 2:

Name: "Checked Date"

Type: Text

State: Enabled

Mapping: Bi-directional to "Date Checked" property in Inventor DWG(ßà)

• Create a new drawing and populate the “Checked Date” property in iProperties à
• Save, check in, & close file.
• Change property 1 mapping to one way from Inventor (ß) & disable property 2.
• Get, open, check out, click “Yes” to update properties, save, check in, & close file.
• Disable property 1 & enable property 2.
• Get, open, check out, and click “Yes” to update the properties.

The date should now be back a day – please let me know if you experience similar results.

Software:

Vault Collaboration 2013

Inventor Professional 2013

I want to know why this is happening, if daylight savings could be a factor, and what would be the best approach to resolve this issue for both new and existing drawings. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Thanks!