Update user specific time zone via the API

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Hi there,

Is it possible to update the user’s specific timezone via the API. I haven’t seen much documentation on if this is possible. I see it’s definitely possible through the UI

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This is possible - the user specific timezone is stored as a user attribute. You can update these via the endpoint ‘Set User Attribute User Value’.

In the images below, just to demonstrate, I have used the ‘Get User Attribute Values’ in the API Explorer to pull out the Timezone user attribute for a particular user.

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And here is the response:

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3

Thanks Gavin! I tried this out in the API Explorer and it worked great. Is there a Ruby syntax for this in the Ruby SDK?

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Unfortunately I don’t think there’s an example of how to do this in the SDK (or at least I am not aware of it!), but I would assume the methods are there.

5

Thanks Gavin!