ERROR WARNING:
Audio Recording Time not within Start and End Times
HOW TO RESOLVE:
A survey window conflict occurs when a record's timestamp ('Audio Recording Time') falls outside the reported 'Survey Start Time' and 'Survey End Time'. For acoustic datasets, address errors based on the number of records affected. A few error rows can be removed or resolved through manual adjustments to the Audio Recording Time. If many records are affected, check for consistent time offsets or other systematic shifts, then resolve by batch-shifting times for uniform offsets, removing pre/post-survey recordings that fall outside the actual survey period, or extending the survey window to include legitimately captured records.
ADDED EXPLANATION:
To troubleshoot survey window conflicts, first check if timestamps align with known survey date(s) and times. If they do, detector misconfiguration is unlikely. If they differ, look for uniform shifts (e.g., in minutes, hours, or dates) that may have been caused by incorrect detector presets; these can be corrected by adjusting values in a spreadsheet or coding tool. Many applications let you add or subtract date/time values arithmetically. Note that detector datetime formats that include a "T" between date and time, or that include a time zone at the end (e.g., "-07.00") can make it difficult to arithmetically adjust timestamps in programs like Excel. If so, If so, use {Find/Replace} tools to swap the “T” for a space, and replace the time zone portion (e.g., “-07:00”) with a blank value, then re-format the column as a standard date/time.
Records captured between detector recording-ON and survey start, or survey end and detector recording-OFF should be removed. Errored records resulting from inaccurate survey start/end times can be resolved by extending the listed survey start/end times to accommodate documented recording times.