GlobalID data type showing as "SmallInteger"

[StormwaterWater_Resources]

ArcMap Standard, 10.1:

I'm using the following:

inputField = arcpy.ListFields(inputLayer, inputFieldName)[0]
fieldType = inputField.type

For everything except GlobalID's it's working fine.  When the data type is a GlobalID the returned value of .type is "SmallInteger".  I can't find any forum or help page showing this to be a known bug.  How do I find the type of a global ID field?

[MaheshPatel1]

I got the same result in 10.2.1--small integer instead of GUID. Is there a patch to fix this bug (or is it not worth the bother, just wait to get upgraded)?

[JoshuaBixby]

Did you look over Esri Support 10.2 (10.2.1, 10.2.2) ?  Seeing nothing on the ArcGIS 10.2.2 Issues Addressed List appears related to this issue, I suspect no patch or hotfix was issued at 10.2.1 for it.

In terms of upgrades and when it was addresses exactly, I don't know, but you could peruse the issues addressed lists for the releases since 10.2.1 to 10.5:

• http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/1022-IssuesAddressedList.pdf 
• http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/103-IssuesAddressedList.pdf 
• http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/1031-IssuesAddressedList.pdf 
• http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/104-IssuesAddressedList.pdf 
• http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/10-4-1-IssuesAddressedList.pdf 
• http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/105-IssuesAddressedList_12082016.pdf 
• http://downloads.esri.com/support/downloads/other_/1051-IssuesAddressedList_07052017.pdf 

(I know, nice path/URL standardization on Esri's part)