Why does this where query no longer work properly for ShopifyAPI?

Question

I am trying to do a simple where query on both the Checkout class and Order class via the REST ShopifyAPI, but it keeps returning inaccurate data.

Here are two examples:

[12] pry(main)> Order.count
=> 9
[13] pry(main)> Order.where(created_at: (Time.now - 1.minute)..(Time.now)).count
=> 9
[14] pry(main)> Order.where(created_at: (Time.now - 1.second)..(Time.now)).count
=> 9
[15] pry(main)> Order.first.created_at
=> "2021-05-15T02:59:36-05:00"
[16] pry(main)> Order.last.created_at
=> "2021-04-23T02:43:44-05:00"

And the same thing for Checkout :

[8] pry(main)> Checkout.where(created_at: (Time.now - 24.hours)..(Time.now)).count
=> 6
[9] pry(main)> Checkout.where(created_at: (Time.now - 10.minutes)..(Time.now)).count
=> 6
[10] pry(main)> Checkout.where(created_at: (Time.now - 1.minute)..(Time.now)).count
=> 6
[11] pry(main)> Checkout.count
=> 6
[18] pry(main)> Checkout.first.created_at
=> "2021-04-29T00:13:16-05:00"
[19] pry(main)> Checkout.last.created_at
=> "2021-05-15T03:00:37-05:00"

What could be the cause of this?

Edit 1

Strangely enough, this issue seems to not show itself when I try another model like Product :

[28] pry(main)> Product.where(title: "High Coverage Foundation").count
=> 1
[29] pry(main)> Product.count
=> 6

That's the correct feedback I was expecting. I am expecting something similar for the Order model too, but for some reason it isn't working properly.

I have restarted my local terminal session, and reinstalled my Shopify-api-cli...to no avail.

Edit 2

See more examples from both classes that show the existence of those objects which indicates that the query should work.

[51] pry(main)> Order.first.id
=> 3779683877046
[52] pry(main)> Order.last.id
=> 3741986750646
[53] pry(main)> Order.first.created_at
=> "2021-05-15T02:59:36-05:00"
[54] pry(main)> Order.last.created_at
=> "2021-04-23T02:43:44-05:00"
[55] pry(main)> Checkout.first.id
=> "ef8dd57a1b1911da9077df7789698847"
[56] pry(main)> Checkout.last.id
=> "7133c7aeb0ff3b4b506c2a66e4190ee3"
[57] pry(main)> Checkout.first.created_at
=> "2021-04-29T00:13:16-05:00"
[58] pry(main)> Checkout.last.created_at
=> "2021-05-15T03:00:37-05:00"

Edit 3

So it seems that it works for queries done on attributes that have a string , but not an integer and datetime is inconsistent:

[79] pry(main)> Order.where(cart_token: '36e017f94cbf19bee298d61334b68225').count
=> 1 // #RIGHT
[80] pry(main)> Order.where(created_at: '2021-05-15T02:59:36-05:00').count
=> 9 // #WRONG
[81] pry(main)> Order.where(current_total_price: 294.14).count
=> 9 // #WRONG
[82] pry(main)> Order.where(email: 'alex@test.com').count
=> 1 // #RIGHT
[83] pry(main)> Order.where(processed_at: '2021-05-15T02:59:35-05:00').count
=> 3 // #RIGHT STRANGELY ENOUGH
[97] pry(main)> Order.where(processed_at: '2021-05-15T02:59:35-05:00').first.id
=> 3779683877046 // #RIGHT
[98] pry(main)> Order.where(processed_at: '2021-05-15T02:59:35-05:00').last.id
=> 3779668639926 // #RIGHT

Answer 1

I got a response on Shopify's official forum which can be seen here .

TL;DR, Shopify's rubygem doesn't implement ranged dates exactly like ActiveRecord does, they use created_at_min and created_at_max attributes on the model.

So the correct query for the ShopifyAPI for that where query is:

ShopifyAPI::Order.where(created_at_min: Time.now - 6.days, created_at_max: Time.now).count