# Create scheduled meeting not setting correct start\_time

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-scheduled-meeting-not-setting-correct-start-time/4199>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-scheduled-meeting-not-setting-correct-start-time/4199 "2019-05-09T06:02:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![accesstelehealth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/accesstelehealth/32/822_2.png) [@accesstelehealth](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/accesstelehealth)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-scheduled-meeting-not-setting-correct-start-time/4199/1 "2019-05-09T06:02:10Z")

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I am creating a scheduled meeting, type=2, and setting the timezone to sydney and passing my start\_time as requested in API docs and it is showing up for user here in australia 10h in the past.

1. My raw scheduled time is from moment js (eg “2019-05-29 10:30:00+10”) so i convert it to iso: `moment(scheduledTime).toISOString()`
2. my request is POST `/users/{userId}/meetings`:

```auto
body: {
 type: 2,
 topic: 'blah',
 start_time: "2019-05-29T00:30:00.929Z",
 duration: 30,
 timezone: "Australia/Sydney",
},

```

When I login to my zoom account/app here in Australia the meeting start\_time is showing as `12.30am` and it should be `10.30am`. If I dont specify the timezone the same thing happens??

Can anyone explain please.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![accesstelehealth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/accesstelehealth/32/822_2.png) [@accesstelehealth](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/accesstelehealth)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 6:51am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-scheduled-meeting-not-setting-correct-start-time/4199/2 "2019-05-09T06:51:08Z")

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Solved this, dont use toISOString(), use moment timezone:

```auto
start_time: moment(scheduledTime).tz('Australia/Sydney').format(),
timezone: 'Australia/Sydney',

```

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**Author:** ![ojus.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/ojus.zoom/32/734_2.png) [@ojus.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/ojus.zoom)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-scheduled-meeting-not-setting-correct-start-time/4199/3 "2019-05-09T14:26:21Z")

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Hi @accesstelehealth,

Glad that your issue was resolved. Please let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

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**Author:** ![rubin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rubin](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rubin)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-scheduled-meeting-not-setting-correct-start-time/4199/4 "2020-03-14T12:04:44Z")

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Hi @accesstelehealth,  
So what is the correct format? I encountered the same question. Thanks in adavance.

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-scheduled-meeting-not-setting-correct-start-time/4199/5 "2020-03-16T17:50:23Z")

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Hey @rubin,

Have you seen the instructions on our [docs](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingcreate) for the start\_time?

![Screen Shot 2020-03-16 at 11.50.04 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/2X/b/be0dbbba866b87f4f6ccbdbead8c6b91d0c38913.png)

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Author:** ![DeveloperBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/developerbot/32/12632_2.png) [@DeveloperBot](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/DeveloperBot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/create-scheduled-meeting-not-setting-correct-start-time/4199/6 "2020-08-21T19:24:09Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 7:24pm UTC