diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e422f3a6..4781204f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project(
     'scikit-digital-health',
     'c',
-    version: '0.17.2',
+    version: '0.17.3',
     license: 'MIT',
     meson_version: '>=1.1',
 )
diff --git a/src/skdh/io/base.py b/src/skdh/io/base.py
index 79bc68ac..4836a069 100644
--- a/src/skdh/io/base.py
+++ b/src/skdh/io/base.py
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ def trim_data(self, start_key, end_key, tz_name, predict_kw, *, time, **data):
 
         # write it so that if there is any time weirdness, get the data from the "middle",
         # ie the last index before the start time, and the first index after the end time.
-        i1 = nonzero(time <= ts_trim_start)[0][-1]
-        i2 = nonzero(time >= ts_trim_end)[0][0]
+        i1 = nonzero(time <= max(time[0], ts_trim_start))[0][-1]
+        i2 = nonzero(time >= min(time[-1], ts_trim_end))[0][0]
 
         res = {self._time: time[i1:i2]}
         res.update({k: v[i1:i2] for k, v in data.items()})