# Meeting created on wrong date and time

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-created-on-wrong-date-and-time/36118>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [November 16, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-created-on-wrong-date-and-time/36118 "2020-11-16T14:14:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![fahad.beehive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/fahad.beehive/32/17024_2.png) [@fahad.beehive](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/fahad.beehive)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-created-on-wrong-date-and-time/36118/1 "2020-11-16T14:14:45Z")

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We’re passing the following body when creating a new scheduled meeting for “2020-11-25T19:00:00” Berlin timezone.

{“agenda”:"",“recurrence”:{“type”:2,“repeat\_interval”:2,“end\_date\_time”:“2021-02-17T18:00:00.000Z”},“created\_at”:“2020-11-16T10:47:34.998Z”,“start\_time”:“2020-11-25T19:00:00”,“timezone”:“Europe/Berlin”,“duration”:90,“topic”:“Test-Zoom\*”,“type”:8,“settings”:{“join\_before\_host”:true,“audio”:“both”,“mute\_upon\_entry”:false,“participant\_video”:true,“host\_video”:true,“use\_pmi”:false}}

However int response we get a completely different date and time for the start date! What’s going on and how do we fix this?

{“uuid”:"-----",“id”:-----,“host\_id”:"-----",“host\_email”:"------",“topic”:“Test-Zoom\*”,“type”:8,“status”:“waiting”,“timezone”:“Europe/Berlin”,“created\_at”:“2020-11-16T10:47:35Z”,“start\_url”:"-----",“join\_url”:"------",“occurrences”:[{“occurrence\_id”:"----",“start\_time”:“2020-12-06T18:00:00Z”,“duration”:90,“status”:“available”},{“occurrence\_id”:"----",“start\_time”:“2020-12-20T18:00:00Z”,“duration”:90,“status”:“available”}],“settings”:{“host\_video”:true,“participant\_video”:true,“cn\_meeting”:false,“in\_meeting”:false,“join\_before\_host”:true,“mute\_upon\_entry”:false,“watermark”:false,“use\_pmi”:false,“approval\_type”:2,“audio”:“both”,“auto\_recording”:“none”,“enforce\_login”:false,“enforce\_login\_domains”:"",“alternative\_hosts”:"",“close\_registration”:false,“show\_share\_button”:false,“allow\_multiple\_devices”:false,“registrants\_confirmation\_email”:true,“waiting\_room”:false,“request\_permission\_to\_unmute\_participants”:false,“recurrence”:{“type”:2,“repeat\_interval”:2,“weekly\_days”:“1”,“end\_date\_time”:“2021-01-02T09:47:00Z”}}

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**Author:** ![fahad.beehive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/fahad.beehive/32/17024_2.png) [@fahad.beehive](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/fahad.beehive)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-created-on-wrong-date-and-time/36118/2 "2020-11-16T14:42:55Z")

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I can see that this only happens when you set `type = 8` but that’s what is needed, otherwise Zoom does not create a recurring meeting and does not honor the recurrence data passed. Is this a bug?

How do we get around this?

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**Author:** ![fahad.beehive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/fahad.beehive/32/17024_2.png) [@fahad.beehive](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/fahad.beehive)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-created-on-wrong-date-and-time/36118/3 "2020-11-16T14:53:28Z")

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Actually no matter what we do, Zoom picks the wrong date. I’ve tried passing the date and time in UTC format and the time gets picked correctly but with the wrong date (4 days of difference)

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-created-on-wrong-date-and-time/36118/4 "2020-11-16T15:30:37Z")

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Hi @fahad.beehive,

You will need to pass a valid weekly\_days field within the recurrence object, which appears to be the issue. I also noticed you’re passing a “created\_at” field in your request, which is not needed.

Please try making this 1 addition to your request body to ensure the request is being processed correctly:

```auto
{
 "agenda":"",
 "recurrence":{
   "type":2,
   "repeat_interval":2,
   "weekly_days":4,
   "end_date_time":"2021-02-17T18:00:00.000Z"
   },
 "start_time":"2020-11-25T19:00:00",
 "timezone":"Europe/Berlin",
 "duration":90,
 "topic":"Test-Zoom*",
 "type":8,
 "settings":{
 "join_before_host":true,
 "audio":"both",
 "mute_upon_entry":false,
 "participant_video":true,
 "host_video":true,
 "use_pmi":false
   }
} 

```

Let me know if this helps!

Best,  
Will

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**Author:** ![fahad.beehive](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/fahad.beehive/32/17024_2.png) [@fahad.beehive](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/fahad.beehive)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-created-on-wrong-date-and-time/36118/5 "2020-11-16T17:43:37Z")

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Thank you - I’ll give that a try, however I don’t see that this has been properly documented, also should the call not fail instead of creating a meeting at a different date altogether? This is confusing and I still consider this to be a bug at Zoom’s end.

Can you advise what I need to do if this was a monthly / daily recurring, timed meeting?

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**Author:** ![will.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/will.zoom/32/14417_2.png) [@will.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/will.zoom)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-created-on-wrong-date-and-time/36118/6 "2020-11-17T20:47:57Z")

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Hi @fahad.beehive,

Thanks for raising this. We will work on updating our documentation to reflect that this is a required field when creating a recurring meeting via API. (cc @shrijana.g)

For monthly/daily recurring meetings, you can adjust the `type` field accordingly, and then pass one of these fields in place of weekly\_days:  
 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/7/a/7a18c4b94da95feb335bc05fd88356b76ba4aa23.png)

Thanks,  
Will

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/3X/6/1/614bdd549b610bbaa46ff934617683a02bdaa03c.png) [@system](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-created-on-wrong-date-and-time/36118/7 "2020-12-18T06:48:02Z")

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