Error: time data 'unavailable' does not match format '%H:%M:%S'

[andrewmusty]

Every so often I see the following error in my Predbat log:

Error: time data 'unavailable' does not match format '%H:%M:%S'

Sometimes it clears itself, but other times I have to restore Predbat to resolve it.

I'm using the GE Cloud EMS, and I've seen this same error across multiple Predbat versions.

I also have a separate test instance of Predbat running, and it reports the same error at exactly the same time.

Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this?

[gcoan]

for whatever reason the GE cloud or your EMS doesn't return the data Predbat is expecting, in this case the inverter time

unfortunately its probably a transient thing and not a lot predbat can do about it. The next 5 minute run it should get the data OK.

There is an automation in the predbat documentation to detect errors so if predbat gets stuck it can auto-restart predbat