Azure storage error using Python SDK

Question

I\'ve download Azure SDK for python to my Ubuntu (Tool version 0.8.16). And i\'m trying to run this code

from azure.storage import BlobService
blob_service          


        

Answer 1

As mentioned in the error:

Request date header too old: 'Tue, 24 Mar 2015 09:06:59 GMT'

You will get this error if difference between the date/time on your computer (in UTC) and date/time on Azure Storage Server is more than 15-20 minutes (your computer's date/time is behind that of Azure).

UPDATE

Essentially what happens is that when a request is sent to Azure Storage Service (e.g. create container) the SDK takes the local date/time of your computer, converts it into UTC and then sends it to Azure along with the request (as a request header either date or x-ms-date). Upon receiving the request, among other things Azure Storage service compares this date/time with its date/time and if the difference is more than 15-20 minutes (your clock is behind), Azure Storage service throws the error you're getting. This is done as a security measure so that in case somebody got hold of your request can't replay the request over and over again.