Importing data
How Runima handles dates, time zones, and duplicate activities during import.
How import works
Understanding a few rules makes your dashboards more accurate.
Activities vs. daily metrics
- Activities (runs, rides) are stored as exact UTC instants, so pace and duration are precise regardless of where you trained.
- Daily metrics (resting HR, sleep, body battery) are calendar values — Runima anchors them to the local calendar day, not a clock time.
Duplicates
Re-importing the same export is safe. Activities are matched on their start time and device, so importing overlapping ranges will not create duplicates.
Future dates
Records dated in the future are skipped by a single import guard, which keeps trend lines from being distorted by clock-skewed device data.