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Timezone Issue with Create Group Event (v2)

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A great description of my issue was posted back in 2021 but Im reposting since I believe by now there must be a workaround for the Create Group Event (V2) that lacks a setting for the Timezone. The group calendars are beginning to become a commonly used feature in Teams but if Power Automate cannot add entries that are intuitive, that is problematic. Im hoping someone has arrived at a solution. The Create Event (v4) has a setting for timezone but I do not believe that action works for group calendars.

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Solved: Timezone issues Create Group Event (v2)

Im finding this to be even more of an issue if the group calendar has entries that are created both manually and by Automate. The two types of events behave differently and it will not be immediately apparent to the user as to why. The calendar events created manually behave as expected in the Local Time Zone.

The Automate created events look ok from the calendar view but as soon as you edit the details of the event or go to the scheduler, the UTC designation causes the values of the dates to shift to the Local values. That is VERY confusing for some.

Im requesting any knowledge of a workaround/solution that has been identified or one that is on the way.

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S-Venkadesh 1,214 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @lynn_parsons,

The Create a group event (V2) action currently doesn’t support setting the Time Zone parameter.
As an alternative, you can use the Office 365 Groups – Send an HTTP request V2 action with the POST method to create a group event, specifying the start and end times along with the desired time zone.

Sample Body:

{
"subject": "Let's test for community 2",
"body": {
"contentType": "HTML",
"content": "Let's test for community"
},
"start": {
"dateTime": "2025-11-03T12:00:00.0000000",
"timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
},
"end": {
"dateTime": "2025-11-03T13:00:00.0000000",
"timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
}
}

Refer to the screenshot below for details.

I hope this information helps! If it does, please consider giving a 👍.
Best regards,
S-Venkadesh

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lynn_parsons 16 on at

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@S-Venkadesh THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! It took me a few minutes (honestly hours) to get all the syntax just right for what I was trying to accomplish but this is EXACTLY what I needed and it will make the group calendars so much more useful. I think this functionality will be used a lot. Thank you for bringing it to us in such a timely manner and with sufficient detail that with my limited skills, I could make it work. Tremendous gratitude!!!

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