The world clock column holds the current time of any place in the world. Our API fully supports the world clock column, so you can filter, read, update, and clear it via the API.

Filtering the world clock column

Using the items_page object, you can easily filter a board's items by specific columns or column values. The table below contains the world clock column's supported operators and compare values.

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Pro tip

items_page is only available in API version 2023-10 for now.

The following example returns all items on the specified board with a world clock column value of Samoa.

query {
  boards (ids: 1234567890) {
    items_page (query_params: {rules: [{column_id: "world_clock", compare_value: ["Samoa"], operator:any_of}]}) {
      items {
        id
        name
      }
    }
  }
}

Reading the world clock column

You can query the world clock column using the column_values object. The object has different fields based on which API version you are using. Column values v2 fields will be available in API versions 2023-10 and later, while column values v1 fields are only supported in versions 2023-07 and 2023-04.

Column values v2

The column_values object enables you to return column-specific subfields by sending a fragment in your query. Values for the world clock column are of the WorldClockValue type.

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Pro tip

column_values v2 fields are only available in API version 2023-10.

query {
  items (ids:[1234567890, 9876543210]) {
    column_values {
      ... on WorldClockValue {
        text
        timezone
      }
    }
  }
}

Fields

Column values v1

You can return the data in a world clock column in two different formats when you query by column values. The text field will return the time zone as a simple string. The value field will return the column's metadata as a JSON string.

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Removing column values v1 support

column_values v1 fields will no longer be supported in API versions 2023-10 and later.

{
  "text": "US/Pacific",
  "value": "{\"timezone\":\"US/Pacific\",\"changed_at\":\"2022-07-21T12:00:00.000Z\"}"
}

Updating the world clock column

You can update a world clock column using the change_multiple_column_values mutation and passing a JSON string in the column_values argument. Simple string updates are not supported.

JSON

To update a world clock column, send the time zone of the user as a string in continent/city form. Check out this mutation in action in our Postman library or follow along with these code samples!

mutation {
  change_multiple_column_values(item_id:9876543210, board_id:1234567890, column_values: "{\"world_clock\" : {\"timezone\" : \"Europe/London\"}}") {
    id
  }
}

fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query : "mutation ($myBoardId:Int!, $myItemId:Int!, $myColumnValues:JSON!) { change_multiple_column_values(item_id:$myItemId, board_id:$myBoardId, column_values: $myColumnValues) { id }}",
    variables : JSON.stringify({
      myBoardId: 1234567890,
      myItemId: 9876543210,
      myColumnValues: "{\"world_clock\" : {\"timezone\" : \"Europe/London\"}}"
    })
  })
})

Clearing the world clock column

You can also clear a world clock column using the change_multiple_column_values mutation and passing null or an empty object in the column_values argument.

mutation {
  change_multiple_column_values(item_id:9876543210, board_id:1234567890, column_values: "{\"world_clock\" : null}") {
    id
  }
}

fetch ("https://api.monday.com/v2", {
  method: 'post',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization' : 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    query : "mutation ($myBoardId:Int!, $myItemId:Int!, $myColumnValues:JSON!) { change_multiple_column_values(item_id:$myItemId, board_id:$myBoardId, column_values: $myColumnValues) { id } }",
    variables : JSON.stringify({
      myBoardId: 1234567890,
      myItemId: 9876543210,
      myColumnValues: "{\"world_clock\" : null}"
    })
  })
})

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