I run an application that creates tasks based on the 4 time zones in the US. Right now I have it filtering if its in a specific state, but since I plan to expand to all 50 states, I want to merge these into checking for the 4 time zones instead. Keeps things more organized. Are there any applications or filters to check if a location is in a certain time zone and continue if so?
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Time zone based filtering and paths
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Best answer by christina.d
Hi there, friends! 👋🏽 Just me popping into summarize some of the suggestions here:
Hi
Consider creating a lookup table (perhaps a simple GSheet) to use in a Zap step.
Or try this Formatter > Utilities > Lookup Table: https://zapier.com/help/doc/how-use-formatter-functions#using-the-lookup-table
Alternatively -- later in the thread utilizing Webhooks was recommended to avoid having to create the lookup table manually.
...there appears to be some APIs available that may returned the desired info, which could be used in a Zap via Webhooks or Code steps.
GSearch about possible API options: https://www.google.com/search?q=lookup+location+to+get+the+timezone
it looks like you can send a Get request using Zapier’s webhook action to this address https://www.zipcodeapi.com/rest/f20ksZeP0tFutrIS8AbFm1U0nMNXS6uo6WXvlle2LRZ3rbftVIgpBm4zC3KY4P6R/info.json/{insert_ZipCode}/degrees
and it will return a JSON object with the timezone of the zip code (taken from this address here: https://www.zipcodeapi.com/API#zipToLoc)
I hope this helps!
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Hi
Consider creating a lookup table (perhaps a simple GSheet) to use in a Zap step.
Or try this Formatter > Utilities > Lookup Table: https://zapier.com/help/doc/how-use-formatter-functions#using-the-lookup-table
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Hi
Consider creating a lookup table (perhaps a simple GSheet) to use in a Zap step.
Or try this Formatter > Utilities > Lookup Table: https://zapier.com/help/doc/how-use-formatter-If functions#using-the-lookup-table
If I understand correctly though I would have to type in each city and then map it to its time zone (since some states fall in the middle of a time difference). Are there not any applications that do this automatically?
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Depends on the data points available to you and what data point(s) you’re trying to use to determine the time zone.
Sometimes timestamps indicate the timezone, which could be used, such a locale timestamp.
GSearch about possible API options: https://www.google.com/search?q=lookup+location+to+get+the+timezone
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Depends on the data points available to you and what data point(s) you’re trying to use to determine the time zone.
Sometimes timestamps indicate the timezone, which could be used, such a locale timestamp.
GSearch about possible API options: https://www.google.com/search?q=lookup+location+to+get+the+timezone
Ya we have city, state, zip code, etc. Lots of different ways we could get the info, just not sure what zap I could use to identify these data points in a certain time zone
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Not sure if there is an existing Zap app (https://zapier.com/apps) that would provide this info.
But based on some GSearches there appears to be some APIs available that may returned the desired info, which could be used in a Zap via Webhooks or Code steps.
GSearch about possible API options: https://www.google.com/search?q=lookup+location+to+get+the+timezone
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it looks like you can send a Get request using Zapier’s webhook action to this address https://www.zipcodeapi.com/rest/f20ksZeP0tFutrIS8AbFm1U0nMNXS6uo6WXvlle2LRZ3rbftVIgpBm4zC3KY4P6R/info.json/{insert_ZipCode}/degrees
and it will return a JSON object with the timezone of the zip code (taken from this address here: https://www.zipcodeapi.com/API#zipToLoc)
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Just checking in to see if you still need help with this?
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Hi there, friends! 👋🏽 Just me popping into summarize some of the suggestions here:
Hi
Consider creating a lookup table (perhaps a simple GSheet) to use in a Zap step.
Or try this Formatter > Utilities > Lookup Table: https://zapier.com/help/doc/how-use-formatter-functions#using-the-lookup-table
Alternatively -- later in the thread utilizing Webhooks was recommended to avoid having to create the lookup table manually.
...there appears to be some APIs available that may returned the desired info, which could be used in a Zap via Webhooks or Code steps.
GSearch about possible API options: https://www.google.com/search?q=lookup+location+to+get+the+timezone
it looks like you can send a Get request using Zapier’s webhook action to this address https://www.zipcodeapi.com/rest/f20ksZeP0tFutrIS8AbFm1U0nMNXS6uo6WXvlle2LRZ3rbftVIgpBm4zC3KY4P6R/info.json/{insert_ZipCode}/degrees
and it will return a JSON object with the timezone of the zip code (taken from this address here: https://www.zipcodeapi.com/API#zipToLoc)
I hope this helps!
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