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    <title>topic Querying Edit Tracking Fields in Python Questions</title>
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    <description>&lt;P&gt;I have tried too many iterations to list. I cannot get the python script to read the editor tracking fields. When I query other fields it is okay. such as:&lt;BR /&gt;where_clause =&amp;nbsp;"Object ID &amp;lt; 5" works, but&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;where_clause =&amp;nbsp;"LAST_EDITED_USER = 'Benny Hill'" it fails&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Whenever I put any editor tracking fields in the where_clause, the script bombs out.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;num_days = 10&lt;BR /&gt;today = datetime.today().isoformat(' ', 'seconds')&lt;BR /&gt;print ("Today is: ",current_date)&lt;BR /&gt;td = datetime.today()&lt;BR /&gt;print ("Date Time today is ",td)&lt;BR /&gt;sd = td - timedelta(days= num_days)&lt;BR /&gt;print ("Time Delta is: ",sd)&lt;BR /&gt;start_date = sd.strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%M:%S')&lt;BR /&gt;print ("Last Edited from: " + str(start_date))&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;where_clause -&amp;nbsp;where_clause = "LAST_EDITED_DATE &amp;lt;= TO_DATE('{0}', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') And LAST_EDITED_DATE &amp;gt; TO_DATE('{1}','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')".format(str(today), str(start_date))&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;selection = arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(fc, "NEW_SELECTION", where_clause)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;U&gt;Original query that no longer works&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;where_clause = "LAST_EDITED_DATE &amp;lt;= TO_DATE('{0}', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') And LAST_EDITED_DATE &amp;gt; TO_DATE('{1}','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')".format(str(today), str(start_date))&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:40:07 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>cog_GIS_Admin</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2024-03-15T19:40:07Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Querying Edit Tracking Fields</title>
      <link>https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/querying-edit-tracking-fields/m-p/1396781#M70069</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I have tried too many iterations to list. I cannot get the python script to read the editor tracking fields. When I query other fields it is okay. such as:&lt;BR /&gt;where_clause =&amp;nbsp;"Object ID &amp;lt; 5" works, but&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;where_clause =&amp;nbsp;"LAST_EDITED_USER = 'Benny Hill'" it fails&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Whenever I put any editor tracking fields in the where_clause, the script bombs out.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;num_days = 10&lt;BR /&gt;today = datetime.today().isoformat(' ', 'seconds')&lt;BR /&gt;print ("Today is: ",current_date)&lt;BR /&gt;td = datetime.today()&lt;BR /&gt;print ("Date Time today is ",td)&lt;BR /&gt;sd = td - timedelta(days= num_days)&lt;BR /&gt;print ("Time Delta is: ",sd)&lt;BR /&gt;start_date = sd.strftime('%m-%d-%Y %H:%M:%S')&lt;BR /&gt;print ("Last Edited from: " + str(start_date))&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;where_clause -&amp;nbsp;where_clause = "LAST_EDITED_DATE &amp;lt;= TO_DATE('{0}', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') And LAST_EDITED_DATE &amp;gt; TO_DATE('{1}','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')".format(str(today), str(start_date))&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;selection = arcpy.SelectLayerByAttribute_management(fc, "NEW_SELECTION", where_clause)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;U&gt;Original query that no longer works&lt;/U&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;where_clause = "LAST_EDITED_DATE &amp;lt;= TO_DATE('{0}', 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') And LAST_EDITED_DATE &amp;gt; TO_DATE('{1}','YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS')".format(str(today), str(start_date))&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:"&gt;🙂&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2024 19:40:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2024-03-15T19:40:07Z</dc:date>
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