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chexter
New Member
4 months ago

GotoWebinar API TimeZone

Hiya,

We're using the gotowebinar api to create new webinars by copying an existing one via this method:

https://api.getgo.com/G2W/rest/v2/webinars/$webinarkey/copy

We then specify the start/end times, subject, description, and timezone in the json request.  I'm trying to set the TimeZone in the JSON to "GMT Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London", but it seems to ignore this and creates the webinar with the "GMT" timezone, which doesn't handle BST, which we need, as the webinars are primarily for UK customers.  The webinar we are copying has the GMT timezone, could this be causing it, or do I need to use a different string in the JSON to achieve the "GMT Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London" timezone?

Chris

2 Replies

  • Eric_S's avatar
    Eric_S
    GoTo Contributor
    4 months ago

    The timeZone string in the API will not adjust the time of the webinar automatically, it is more cosmetic in nature, such as what is shown in the invites and in the Dashboard. The API only understands UTC time. You must adjust the startTime and endTime to match what actual time you want the webinar to take place. Hope that helps but feel free to email in to developer-support@goto.com for further assistance. 

  • KateG's avatar
    KateG
    GoTo Manager
    4 months ago

    Hi chexter​ 

    Welcome to the Community. I've moved your post to the API developer board. We have asked the dev to assist with this question. Thanks for your patience.