InventoryTransfer dateCreated returns only the date, not the actual creation timestamp

[Estore_Dayspring]

Hi Shopify team,

I’m working with the Shopify Admin GraphQL API and noticed an issue with the dateCreated field on InventoryTransfer.

I manually created an inventory transfer from the Shopify Admin and queried it using the following GraphQL query:

query MyQuery {
  inventoryTransfer(id: "gid://shopify/InventoryTransfer/7610990767") {
    dateCreated
    id
    name
    events(first: 10) {
      edges {
        node {
          createdAt
          message
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

The API returned:

{
  "data": {
    "inventoryTransfer": {
      "dateCreated": "2026-09-15T00:00:00Z",
      "id": "gid://shopify/InventoryTransfer/7610990767",
      "name": "#T0005",
      "events": {
        "edges": [
          {
            "node": {
              "createdAt": "2026-09-15T02:01:59Z",
              "message": "Estore Dayspring created this draft inventory transfer."
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

The concern is that dateCreated returns:

2026-09-15T00:00:00Z

while the corresponding event records the actual creation timestamp:

2026-09-15T02:01:59Z

This suggests that dateCreated is currently representing only the calendar date, with the time portion set to midnight UTC.

Why this is important

For applications that need to accurately determine when an inventory transfer was created, relying on events.createdAt is not ideal. The events connection is a separate data source and may not always be suitable or reliable for applications that need a dedicated creation timestamp.

It would be much more useful if InventoryTransfer.dateCreated returned the actual date and time when the transfer was created, similar to other Shopify resources that expose creation timestamps.

Expected behavior

For example:

dateCreated: "2026-09-15T02:01:59Z"

instead of:

dateCreated: "2026-09-15T00:00:00Z"

when the transfer was actually created at 02:01:59 UTC.

Could the Shopify team confirm whether this is the intended behavior of InventoryTransfer.dateCreated?

If so, could the field be updated in the future to preserve and return the actual creation timestamp?

This would be particularly helpful for applications that synchronize inventory transfers and need to accurately determine their creation time.

Thank you!

[KyleG-Shopify]

Hey @Estore_Dayspring, Looking into the schema, the date created does use DateTime, so it’s interesting that it’s showing it as midnight.

Are you currently providing the dateCreated in your input?

I’m going to test this on my own and I’ll let you know what I find.

[KyleG-Shopify]

Hey @Estore_Dayspring, digging into this further, I can confirm this is expected.

The reason for this is when you create a transfer in the admin, created at is a required field; however, the date is the only selected field (you can’t specify a timestamp).

If you need the specific time, you can query that event, or you can create it through the API.