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# Appointment Occurs In Past

> The appointment time is in the past

## Cause

The appointment time must be in the future.

## Fix

Choose a future appointment time and submit the request again.

## Retry safety

Not retryable until the underlying state or request changes.

## Raised by

These operations can return this problem:

* [Create an appointment](/api-reference/appointments/create-an-appointment)
* [Patch an appointment](/api-reference/appointments/patch-an-appointment)
* [Create an appointment as a barber](/api-reference/appointments/create-an-appointment-as-a-barber)
* [Cancel an appointment as a barber](/api-reference/appointments/cancel-an-appointment-as-a-barber)
* [Cancel a specific appointment for me](/api-reference/customers/cancel-a-specific-appointment-for-me)

## Example

```json theme={null}
{
  "type": "https://docs.guile.app/problems/appointmentOccursInPast",
  "title": "Appointment Occurs In Past",
  "status": 422,
  "detail": "The appointment time must be in the future."
}
```
