CODEWITHSUNDEEP
iosobjective-cin-app-purchasein-app-billingstorekit
MiMo
MiMo

Reputation: 4975

"expires_date" in an in-app purchase receipt is set to earlier date than "purchase_date" in iOS

I am currently testing my in-app subscription purchase in the sandbox mode. If you have ever done this, I sympathize with you.

I am getting a very weird Apple Receipt back when I try to validate my purchase. Somehow the expires_date on my purchase is earlier in time compared to the purchase_date. This obviously cannot be, a subscription cannot expire before it was bought... I am just wondering if anyone has ever experienced this. Im hoping it's some funky apple sandbox bug.

If during the subscription period i restart the application and request the receipt, I get the correct one with incrementing subscriptions. Once I put the application in background and bring back to foreground, request receipt, I get a totally different receipt with erroneous expires_date.

Here is the good receipt I get after two subscription renewals, I had to restart the app to get this...

"latest_receipt_info" = ( { "expires_date" = "2014-07-16 20:57:28 Etc/GMT"; "expires_date_ms" = 1405544248000; "expires_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 13:57:28 America/Los_Angeles"; "is_trial_period" = false; "original_purchase_date" = "2014-07-16 20:54:29 Etc/GMT"; "original_purchase_date_ms" = 1405544069000; "original_purchase_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 13:54:29 America/Los_Angeles"; "original_transaction_id" = 1000000117061189; "product_id" = "com.test.subscription"; "purchase_date" = "2014-07-16 20:57:40 Etc/GMT"; "purchase_date_ms" = 1405544260063; "purchase_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 13:57:40 America/Los_Angeles"; quantity = 1; "transaction_id" = 1000000117061189; "web_order_line_item_id" = 1000000028408117; }, { "expires_date" = "2014-07-16 21:00:28 Etc/GMT"; "expires_date_ms" = 1405544428000; "expires_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 14:00:28 America/Los_Angeles"; "is_trial_period" = false; "original_purchase_date" = "2014-07-16 20:56:35 Etc/GMT"; "original_purchase_date_ms" = 1405544195000; "original_purchase_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 13:56:35 America/Los_Angeles"; "original_transaction_id" = 1000000117061189; "product_id" = "com.test.subscription"; "purchase_date" = "2014-07-16 20:57:40 Etc/GMT"; "purchase_date_ms" = 1405544260063; "purchase_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 13:57:40 America/Los_Angeles"; quantity = 1; "transaction_id" = 1000000117061258; "web_order_line_item_id" = 1000000028408116; } ); receipt = { "adam_id" = 0; "application_version" = "1.99.9"; "bundle_id" = "com.test.company"; "download_id" = 0; "in_app" = ( { "expires_date" = "2014-07-16 20:57:28 Etc/GMT"; "expires_date_ms" = 1405544248000; "expires_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 13:57:28 America/Los_Angeles"; "is_trial_period" = false; "original_purchase_date" = "2014-07-16 20:54:29 Etc/GMT"; "original_purchase_date_ms" = 1405544069000; "original_purchase_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 13:54:29 America/Los_Angeles"; "original_transaction_id" = 1000000117061189; "product_id" = "com.test.subscription"; "purchase_date" = "2014-07-16 20:54:33 Etc/GMT"; "purchase_date_ms" = 1405544073000; "purchase_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 13:54:33 America/Los_Angeles"; quantity = 1; "transaction_id" = 1000000117061189; "web_order_line_item_id" = 1000000028408117; } ); "original_application_version" = "1.0"; "original_purchase_date" = "2013-08-01 07:00:00 Etc/GMT"; "original_purchase_date_ms" = 1375340400000; "original_purchase_date_pst" = "2013-08-01 00:00:00 America/Los_Angeles"; "receipt_type" = ProductionSandbox; "request_date" = "2014-07-16 20:57:40 Etc/GMT"; "request_date_ms" = 1405544260075; "request_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 13:57:40 America/Los_Angeles"; }; status = 0; }

and here is the bad receipt I start getting when I put the app in BG and then FG...

"latest_receipt_info" = ( { "expires_date" = "2014-07-15 19:44:07 Etc/GMT"; "expires_date_ms" = 1405453447000; "expires_date_pst" = "2014-07-15 12:44:07 America/Los_Angeles"; "is_trial_period" = false; "original_purchase_date" = "2014-07-15 19:41:08 Etc/GMT"; "original_purchase_date_ms" = 1405453268000; "original_purchase_date_pst" = "2014-07-15 12:41:08 America/Los_Angeles"; "original_transaction_id" = 1000000116920864; "product_id" = "com.test.subscription"; "purchase_date" = "2014-07-16 21:23:55 Etc/GMT"; "purchase_date_ms" = 1405545835331; "purchase_date_pst" = "2014-07-16 14:23:55 America/Los_Angeles"; quantity = 1; "transaction_id" = 1000000116920864; "web_order_line_item_id" = 1000000028402326; }

as you can see the purchase_dateis actually in the future if you compare it to the expires_date... what is this whichery?!

Any help would be appreciated!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2172

Answers (1)

NeilMortonNet
NeilMortonNet

Reputation: 1530

Whilst at the time of purchase of any IAP, the purchase_date will show just that, afterwards it will show the date / time or the restoration of the receipt.

If you wish to get the actual purchase date, use the original_purchase_date field. If you look in the receipts you are showing, you will see this then looks correct.

In short, you must use the original_purchase_date field to get the time/date of the actual original transaction.

Upvotes: 1

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