# Meeting Reports API No Timezone Specification **URL:** \ **Category:** Meetings\ **Created:** [March 2, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-reports-api-no-timezone-specification/142249 "2026-03-02T20:47:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sai3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/sai3/32/49425_2.png) [@Sai3](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Sai3)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-reports-api-no-timezone-specification/142249/1 "2026-03-02T20:47:54Z")
**API Endpoint(s) and/or Zoom API Event(s)** [https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods/#operation/reportMeetingactivitylogs](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods/#operation/reportMeetingactivitylogs) **Description** Previously I was told that the `activity_time` field out of this api was always in UTC time. Instead it seems that timestamps are not being sent in UTC and are instead being sent in the local time when that meeting was joined. I joined a meeting at 10:22 AM PST today and thats the timestamp that was on the log, now that I assumed it was UTC my logs currently think that I was in a meeting at 2AM my time (pst to utc time conversion). Wanted to get confirmation on if this is the case and if we could expect these timestamps to be converted to UTC standard at anytime or if this is something that will not change. If timezones were provided with the timestamp this would also solve the issue as well since if I know the timezone I can easily convert to UTC myself. **Error?** The zoom meeting api gives timestamps in the `activity_time` field that correspond to the local time of the actor that generated a log(where someone joined a meeting from). As is the case we have no way to easily know from where this actor was taking action and this makes it impossible to standardize times. **How To Reproduce** Simply make a request to the api endpoint described here: [Zoom Meeting API](https://developers.zoom.us/docs/api/rest/reference/zoom-api/methods/#operation/reportMeetingactivitylogs) and look at the `activity_time` field in one of those records to see that there is no timestamp specification. ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-reports-api-no-timezone-specification/142249/2 "2026-03-04T19:57:57Z")
> [@Sai3](#): > > Zoom Meeting API Hi @Sai3 Thanks for reaching out to us and welcome. I did some testing on my end and it seems like the activity\_time is indeed reflecting the local time zone of the user and that I do not see a timestamp that indicates so, i just know this because I confirmed with the information I see in my Dashboard. I will bring this up to our Engineering team and will get back to you with an update ( ZSEE-196436 internal ticket number for reference) ---
**Author:** ![Sai3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/sai3/32/49425_2.png) [@Sai3](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Sai3)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-reports-api-no-timezone-specification/142249/3 "2026-03-10T19:46:57Z")
Hey Elisa, wondering if you had any update here from the ENG team on next steps. Thanks, Sai ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 1:52pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-reports-api-no-timezone-specification/142249/4 "2026-03-12T13:52:07Z")
Hi @Sai3 Sorry for the late reply here. This API is returning local timezone. I confirmed with our Engineering team and we will change this behavior to return UTC time and this issue will be fixed in April release (around the 18th) ---
**Author:** ![Sai3](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/sai3/32/49425_2.png) [@Sai3](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Sai3)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/meeting-reports-api-no-timezone-specification/142249/5 "2026-05-12T18:16:16Z")
Hi @elisa.zoom just wanted to check in and see if this issue has been resolved now?