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# PUT /api/external/timezone — Set the creator’s timezone

> Sets the creator's timezone — the same setting their dashboard uses for day bucketing.

- Source: https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/update-timezone
- Section: API reference
- OpenAPI: https://www.dropfans.io/developers/openapi.json

Sets the creator's timezone — the same setting their dashboard uses for day bucketing.

The value must be a valid IANA name (anything in `Intl.supportedValuesOf('timeZone')`). This changes what the creator sees on their own Dropfans dashboard too, not just your API reads — only call it when the creator asked for it.

## Authentication

`Authorization: Bearer dpfn_...` — an API key generated in the creator's dashboard (Vault → API Connect). One key = one creator. Missing or invalid keys return 401 `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}`.

## Request body (application/json)

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `timezone` | string | yes | IANA timezone name, e.g. "Europe/Stockholm". Abbreviations like "CET" are not accepted. |

Example — Set to Stockholm time:

```json
{
  "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm"
}
```

## Responses

### 200

The saved timezone, echoed.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `timezone` | string | yes | IANA timezone name (e.g. "Europe/Stockholm"). Defaults to "UTC" when the creator never set one. |

```json
{
  "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm"
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Body | When |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | `{"error":"Invalid timezone"}` | Missing, non-string, or not a recognised IANA timezone name. |
| 400 | `{"error":"Invalid JSON body"}` | The request body is not valid JSON. |
| 401 | `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}` | Missing or invalid API key. |

## Rate limiting

Per-key fixed windows by tier (Personal 60/min · 5,000/day; approved apps 300/min · 50,000/day; Dropfans-operated integrations exempt). Read the live values from X-RateLimit-Tier, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset and their -Day variants; a 429 carries Retry-After and `{"error":"Rate limit exceeded","code":"rate_limited"}`. See [Rate limits](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/concepts/rate-limits.md).

## Code samples

### curl

```bash
curl -X PUT "https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/timezone" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm"
}'
```

### Node

```javascript
const res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/timezone`, {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.DROPFANS_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm"
  }),
});
console.log(await res.json());
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

res = requests.put(
    "https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/timezone",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['DROPFANS_API_KEY']}"},
    json={
        "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm",
    },
)
print(res.json())
```

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "method": "PUT",
  "path": "/api/external/timezone",
  "operationId": "updateTimezone",
  "tags": [
    "account"
  ],
  "summary": "Set the creator’s timezone",
  "description": "Sets the creator's timezone — the same setting their dashboard uses for day bucketing.\n\nThe value must be a valid IANA name (anything in `Intl.supportedValuesOf('timeZone')`). This changes what the creator sees on their own Dropfans dashboard too, not just your API reads — only call it when the creator asked for it.",
  "requestBody": {
    "required": true,
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "timezone": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "IANA timezone name, e.g. \"Europe/Stockholm\". Abbreviations like \"CET\" are not accepted.",
              "format": "iana-timezone",
              "example": "Europe/Stockholm"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "timezone"
          ]
        },
        "examples": {
          "stockholm": {
            "summary": "Set to Stockholm time",
            "value": {
              "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "The saved timezone, echoed.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "timezone": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "IANA timezone name (e.g. \"Europe/Stockholm\"). Defaults to \"UTC\" when the creator never set one.",
                "format": "iana-timezone",
                "example": "Europe/Stockholm"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "timezone"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "timezone": "Europe/Stockholm"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "description": "Missing, non-string, or not a recognised IANA timezone name. Also: The request body is not valid JSON.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message describing what went wrong.",
                "example": "Vault item not found"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Invalid timezone"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Missing or invalid API key.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, rate_limited, username_required.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Unauthorized",
            "code": "unauthorized"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "403": {
      "description": "The app this key belongs to has been suspended by Dropfans. Every request fails with this until the app is reinstated — surface it to the creator and contact Dropfans.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, rate_limited, username_required.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "This integration has been suspended by Dropfans. Contact the app developer.",
            "code": "app_suspended"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "429": {
      "description": "Rate limit exceeded for the current minute or day window. Wait Retry-After seconds and retry.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "Retry-After": {
          "description": "Seconds to wait before retrying (sent with 429s).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, rate_limited, username_required.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Rate limit exceeded",
            "code": "rate_limited"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-codeSamples": [
    {
      "lang": "cURL",
      "label": "curl",
      "source": "curl -X PUT \"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/timezone\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\n  \"timezone\": \"Europe/Stockholm\"\n}'"
    },
    {
      "lang": "JavaScript",
      "label": "Node",
      "source": "const res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/timezone`, {\n  method: 'PUT',\n  headers: {\n    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.DROPFANS_API_KEY}`,\n    'Content-Type': 'application/json',\n  },\n  body: JSON.stringify({\n    \"timezone\": \"Europe/Stockholm\"\n  }),\n});\nconsole.log(await res.json());"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Python",
      "source": "import os\nimport requests\n\nres = requests.put(\n    \"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/timezone\",\n    headers={\"Authorization\": f\"Bearer {os.environ['DROPFANS_API_KEY']}\"},\n    json={\n        \"timezone\": \"Europe/Stockholm\",\n    },\n)\nprint(res.json())"
    }
  ],
  "x-dropfans-docs": "https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/update-timezone"
}
```

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