# Zoom Create Meeting with fixed duration from Start TIme

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-create-meeting-with-fixed-duration-from-start-time/14589>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [April 23, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-create-meeting-with-fixed-duration-from-start-time/14589 "2020-04-23T12:42:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![helloparent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/helloparent/32/16775_2.png) [@helloparent](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/helloparent)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-create-meeting-with-fixed-duration-from-start-time/14589/1 "2020-04-23T12:42:32Z")

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**Description**  
A Zoom scheduled meeting starts counting the meeting duration from the time we actually start the meeting but should’t it count the duration from the start time I gave in the Request Body(start\_time)

**Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?**  
JWT

**Which Endpoint/s?**  
[https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/{userId}/meetings](https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/%7BuserId%7D/meetings)

**How To Reproduce (If applicable)**  
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Request [https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/{userId}/meetings](https://api.zoom.us/v2/users/%7BuserId%7D/meetings)
2. Start the meeting after 10 mins from the start\_time in the Request Body the meeting will continue for the same duration from the actual start time and from the scheduled start time

Is there any way I can schedule a meeting which always counts the duration from the scheduled start time and ends the meeting after that??

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**Author:** ![michael.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael.zoom/32/37213_2.png) [@michael.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael.zoom)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-create-meeting-with-fixed-duration-from-start-time/14589/2 "2020-04-24T21:38:26Z")

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Hi @helloparent, a meeting will not be automatically ended based on the duration / scheduled time. You can however use the [Update Meeting Status API](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/meetings/meetingstatus) to end a meeting at a set time.

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**Author:** ![helloparent](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/helloparent/32/16775_2.png) [@helloparent](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/helloparent)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-create-meeting-with-fixed-duration-from-start-time/14589/3 "2020-04-25T16:18:57Z")

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Hi Michael,  
Thankyou so much for the guidance.  
kindly help me with one more query:Is it possible to customize the message which comes on the screen on execution of the Update Meeting Status API as the message looks a user friendly.! ![Capture](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/zoomdeveloper/original/2X/8/87667ce008a66aecfa06bda9a82924b1857bebd7.png)

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**Author:** ![michael.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/michael.zoom/32/37213_2.png) [@michael.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/michael.zoom)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-create-meeting-with-fixed-duration-from-start-time/14589/4 "2020-04-25T18:13:15Z")

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Hi @helloparent, unfortunately we don’t have the ability to customize these error messages, as they’re standardized for localization & accessibility.

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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, 8:56pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/zoom-create-meeting-with-fixed-duration-from-start-time/14589/5 "2020-08-21T20:56:27Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 8:56pm UTC