# Start time is not respected **URL:** \ **Category:** API and Webhooks\ **Created:** [January 2, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505 "2018-01-02T21:04:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Selcuk\_Cesmeci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Selcuk\_Cesmeci](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Selcuk_Cesmeci)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/1 "2018-01-02T21:04:27Z")
 Hi there Zoom community, As part of a project of ours, we plan to integrate with zoom to let users create meetings and join created meetings from our UI. I have downloaded Postman examples and started playing around. I was able to create some meetings and get meeting details but only thing that is not working is the start time. Whatever I set the start time to, it still shows start time as the time of creation. I wonder if there’s anything I’m missing with my setup. Here’s my parameters: host\_id:XXXXXXX type:2 topic:Test Topic start\_time:2018-01-3T00:40:53.314 duration:60 timezone:America/Los\_Angeles password: recurrence: option\_registration:false registration\_type:1 option\_jbh:false option\_start\_type:video option\_host\_video:true option\_participants\_video:true option\_cn\_meeting:false option\_in\_meeting:false option\_audio:both option\_enforce\_login:false option\_enforce\_login\_domains: option\_alternative\_hosts: option\_alternative\_host\_ids: option\_use\_pmi:false option\_auto\_record\_type:local ---
**Author:** ![Selcuk\_Cesmeci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Selcuk\_Cesmeci](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Selcuk_Cesmeci)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/2 "2018-01-02T21:42:31Z")
Nevermind, I figured it out. I was using an old version of the api. ---
**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, 10:58am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/3 "2020-03-14T10:58:19Z")
Cloud you give me some more details? I also encountered this problem when using postman examples. when creating meeting, the start time shows the time of creation, but I have set up the start\_time to a future time. ---
**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, 5:48pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/4 "2020-03-16T17:48:33Z")
Hey @rubin, thanks for posting and using Zoom! Can you please share your request URL, body, and response so I can help? Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![rubin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rubin](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rubin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/5 "2020-03-17T01:19:15Z")
Hi @tommy, I have tested the api in the Postman. The request URL is “{{baseUrl}}/users/:userId/meetings” The request body is: {“topic”:“My meeting”, “type”:“2”, “start\_time”:“2020–03–20T07:00:00”, “duration”:30, “timezone”:“Asia/Shanghai”} The response is : { “uuid”: “oYXbWs9PTXSHzz38xoAr2A==”, “id”: 615702428, “host\_id”: “qoVEn8sySZuKYEMK8WE\_PA”, “topic”: “My meeting”, “type”: 2, “status”: “waiting”, “start\_time”: “2020-03-14T12:48:36Z”, “duration”: 30, “timezone”: “Asia/Shanghai”, “created\_at”: “2020-03-14T12:48:36Z”, “start\_url”: “[https://zoom.com.cn/s/615702428?zak=eyJ6bV9za20iOiJ6bV9vMm0iLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.BzYkGySllUmGkJl-caOMcb666HUrKWMqUoeUPVlivXg](https://zoom.com.cn/s/615702428?zak=eyJ6bV9za20iOiJ6bV9vMm0iLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.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.BzYkGySllUmGkJl-caOMcb666HUrKWMqUoeUPVlivXg)”, “join\_url”: “[https://zoom.com.cn/j/615702428](https://zoom.com.cn/j/615702428)”, “settings”: { “host\_video”: false, “participant\_video”: false, “cn\_meeting”: false, “in\_meeting”: false, “join\_before\_host”: true, “mute\_upon\_entry”: false, “watermark”: false, “use\_pmi”: false, “approval\_type”: 2, “audio”: “voip”, “auto\_recording”: “none”, “enforce\_login”: false, “enforce\_login\_domains”: “”, “alternative\_hosts”: “”, “close\_registration”: false, “registrants\_confirmation\_email”: true, “waiting\_room”: false, “registrants\_email\_notification”: true, “meeting\_authentication”: false } } ---
**Author:** ![rubin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rubin](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rubin)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/6 "2020-03-17T01:20:47Z")
the base URL is [https://api.zoom.us/v2](https://api.zoom.us/v2) ---
**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 17, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/7 "2020-03-17T17:03:50Z")
Hey @rubin, Oddly enough, I was able to reproduce the issue when I copied and pasted your payload, but I fixed it by typing the start\_time myself. Can you try copying and pasting this into your request body and let me know if it works: ```json { "topic":"Test Time", "type":2, "start_time":"2020-03-20T07:00:00", "duration":30, "timezone": "Asia/Shanghai" } ``` Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![rubin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rubin](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rubin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/8 "2020-03-19T04:15:50Z")
Hi @tommy， Yeah, by using your json data as payload, the API works correctly. But why? Brs, Rubin ---
**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 19, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/9 "2020-03-19T04:21:08Z")
Hey @rubin, I am not sure to be honest. It might be something with the start\_time number characters? Seems like a strange edge case. Glad it works 🙂 -Tommy ---
**Author:** ![rubin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@rubin](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/rubin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/10 "2020-03-19T04:33:04Z")
Thanks @tommy , Brs, Rubin ---
**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 19, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/11 "2020-03-19T04:51:17Z")
Happy to help! Let us know if you see any other issues like this. Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![wajooba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/898d66/32.png) [@wajooba](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/wajooba)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/12 "2020-05-10T17:29:41Z")
> [@tommy](#): > > “2020-03-20T07:00:00” Hi I tried with below payload [https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/{uid}/meetings](https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/%7Buid%7D/meetings) { “topic”: “Test Zoom 5”, “type”: 8, “recurrence”: { “type”: 2, “repeat\_interval”: 1, “end\_times”:50 }, “start\_time”: “2020-08-20T07:00:00”, “timezone”: “America/New\_York”, “duration”: 120, “password”: “AVxfL7uKBO”, “agenda”: "zoom test 5 } This creates a recurring meeting starting from “occurrences”: [ { “occurrence\_id”: “1598180400000”, “start\_time”: “2020-08-23T11:00:00Z”, “duration”: 120, “status”: “available” }, { “occurrence\_id”: “1598785200000”, “start\_time”: “2020-08-30T11:00:00Z”, “duration”: 120, “status”: “available” }, { … } and so on Tried with various dates, there is an offset in the days ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/13 "2020-05-13T22:00:01Z")
Hey @wajooba, Please specify what the actual issue is. Thanks, Tommy ---
**Author:** ![Elie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Elie](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/Elie)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/14 "2020-05-19T18:44:37Z")
I was facing the same issue. It seems like if the recurrence `type` is `2` (weekly) or `3` (monthly) , you need to pass the `weekly_days` or the `monthly_day`, respectively, otherwise they will default to `1` (Sunday for weekly, or the first day of the month for monthly). It would be nice to update the documentation to reflect that. My assumption was that Zoom will automatically compute those values based on the `start_time`. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/start-time-is-not-respected/505/15 "2020-05-22T16:58:13Z")
Hey @Elie, Thanks for the suggestions! @shrijana.g @michael.zoom can you mention this in the docs? -Tommy ---
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