# Notion Import date errors **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Tags:** Import-Export, Middleware, Date-Time\ **Created:** [February 3, 2025, 7:04am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/notion-import-date-errors/26602 "2025-02-03T07:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![Jason\_22](https://community.anytype.io/user_avatar/community.anytype.io/jason_22/32/2484_2.png) [@Jason\_22](https://community.anytype.io/u/Jason_22)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://community.anytype.io/t/notion-import-date-errors/26602/12 "2025-08-10T02:23:23Z")
Great News! I think i figure it out but need someone to fix this real quick! I encountered a consistent issue where dates imported from Notion to Anytype are one day behind. After testing, I found the root cause: Notion exports date-only fields (e.g., “2025-08-09”) without time, which Anytype parses as 00:00 UTC. In my EDT (GMT-4:00) timezone, this shifts the date back by one day due to the negative offset. ### Steps I Took: 1. Confirmed the issue with the latest Anytype version, importing a Notion database with set dates. 2. Noticed dates like “August 9, 2025” in Notion appeared as “August 8, 2025” in Anytype. 3. Switched my Mac’s timezone to UTC and re-imported; dates aligned correctly. 4. Reverted to EDT; the offset returned. 5. Added 12:00 p.m. to Notion dates manually and re-imported without changing timezone; dates imported correctly. ### Problem: The offset occurs because Anytype interprets Notion’s naive date strings as UTC midnight, then adjusts to the local timezone (EDT), causing a one-day lag. This doesn’t happen in UTC or with a time set. ### Suggested Fix: - Modify the Notion importer in anyproto/anytype-heart (e.g., pkg/import/notion/property.go) to parse date-only strings as local 00:00 instead of UTC, using time.ParseInLocation(layout, str, time.Local) in Go. - Alternatively, add an option during import to specify a default time (e.g., 12:00 p.m.) for date-only fields to avoid the shift. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.anytype.io/t/notion-import-date-errors/26602)._