# system.alarm.queryJournal

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alarm-queryjournal/56074>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 13, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alarm-queryjournal/56074 "2022-02-13T06:21:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![indra.biswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3bc359/32.png) [@indra.biswas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/indra.biswas)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alarm-queryjournal/56074/1 "2022-02-13T06:21:11Z")

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I just cant get the queryjournal script call to work properly. it fetches nothing. I think it requires some special formatting for start, end dates

startd = system.date.now()  
endd = system.date.addDays(startd, -9)  
results = system.alarm.queryJournal(journalName=“Journal”, startDate=startd, endDate=endd)

However if I just skip the startDate, endDate parameters it does fetch results for the last eight hours. My gateway is running on 8.1.7 if it matters

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**Author:** ![schenk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@schenk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/schenk)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 1:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alarm-queryjournal/56074/2 "2022-02-13T13:15:23Z")

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You have the end date before the start date. Swap those and it should work.

```auto
endDate = system.date.now()
startDate = system.date.addDays(endDate, -9)
results = system.alarm.queryJournal(journalName=“Journal”, startDate=startDate, endDate=endDate)

```

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**Author:** ![indra.biswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3bc359/32.png) [@indra.biswas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/indra.biswas)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-alarm-queryjournal/56074/3 "2022-02-13T20:04:02Z")

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@schenk silly me, Thanks