Help Needed: Time Issue with Google Calendar Event Notifications

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Hello Community,

I’m encountering a time discrepancy issue in my automation setup involving Google Calendar and Gmail. Every time a new event is created, the automatically generated email sent to attendees shows the event time as 7 hours ahead of the scheduled time. I would appreciate any guidance or solutions to resolve this.

Details of My Setup:

Scenario 1:

  1. Webhook Module: Collects name, email, and appointment date and time from a chatbot.
  2. OpenAI Module: Processes the information and outputs the confirmed date and time in <p> tags.
  • Input: “Add the date and time confirmed.”
  • Output Example: <p><strong>Confirmed date and time:</strong></p><p> Date and Time </p>
  1. Second OpenAI Module: Extracts and formats the date and time from the text.
  • Input: “Extract and format the confirmed date and time in the format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss for PDT.”
  • Desired Output: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss
  1. Third OpenAI Module: Adds one hour to the extracted date and time for the event’s end time.
  2. Google Calendar Module: Creates the event with the start and end times formatted correctly. The event displays the correct time in Google Calendar.

Scenario 2:

  1. Google Calendar Watch Events Module: Monitors for new events.
  2. Gmail Send an Email Module: Sends a confirmation email to attendees, pulling the date and time from the created event. However, the time shown in the email is consistently 7 hours ahead of the correct PDT time, despite the date being accurate.

I’ve triple-checked the timezone settings in both Google Calendar and the formatting commands in OpenAI modules, but the issue persists. Does anyone have insights into what might be causing this discrepancy or how to correct it?

Thank you for any help you can provide!

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Perhaps you need to modify the timezone settings on Makes end?