# Validates announcement start and end times against the server timezone

Validates the proposed announcement schedule times by checking them against the server's configured timezone. Accepts `startTime`, `endTime`, `lapTime`, and `isMultipleTime` query parameters. Returns whether the time window is valid.

## Endpoints

`GET /dcapi/tools/announcement/validateTime`

## Request URL

https://[{serverurl}](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)/dcapi/tools/announcement/validateTime

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.Tools.READ`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` — **Mandatory** — `application/json`

### Query Parameters

- **startTime** `string` — Optional  
  Announcement start time string. Validated against the server's configured timezone

- **endTime** `string` — Optional  
  Announcement end time string. Must be after startTime. Validated against the server's configured timezone

- **lapTime** `string` — Optional  
  Interval time between repeated announcement displays within the schedule window

- **isMultipleTime** `boolean` — Optional  
  Set to true when the announcement should repeat multiple times within the schedule window

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url https://appdomains/dcapi/tools/announcement/validateTime \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP code 200

#### Response Body — application/json

`JSON Object`

- **isValid** `boolean`  
  true if the provided start and end times form a valid schedule window

- **serverTimezone** `string`  
  Server timezone identifier used for time validation (e.g., America/New_York)

- **parsedStartTime** `long`  
  Epoch timestamp of the parsed start time in server timezone

- **parsedEndTime** `long`  
  Epoch timestamp of the parsed end time in server timezone

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** — HTTP code

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

```json
{
  "isValid": true,
  "serverTimezone": "America/New_York",
  "parsedStartTime": 1711400000000,
  "parsedEndTime": 1711436000000
}
```

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**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.