topic Re: API with daily resolution in non UTC timezone? in Dynatrace API

API with daily resolution in non UTC timezone?

AntonioSousa — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 19:12:05 GMT

I have noticed that values that I collect through the v2 API are not correct relative to the Portuguese timezone, when using a daily resolution, "resolution=d". Half of the year we are at UTC and it works, but not in Summer time.

What I want is to produce a report of daily values for a month, but I don't want to iterate each single day, which would produce 30x requests.

Is it not possible to tell which timezone to use in the API?

Re: API with daily resolution in non UTC timezone?

Dallas — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 22:09:37 GMT

Hi Antonio,

UTC is the default time that everyone uses to access the API.

The only place I know of where you can change the default time gathered is in the "User Session API" where there is a parameter called "offsetUTC". See below document:

https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/dynatrace-api/environment-api/user-sessions/table/

I don't believe other endpoints have this parameter available as of right now, but it would be a good quality of life improvement when working with the v2 API's. I would suggest mentioning this in the product ideas forums if it is not there already.

Hope this helps.

-Dallas

Re: API with daily resolution in non UTC timezone?

AntonioSousa — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:22:55 GMT

Yesterday, I had checked, but no reference appeared. I checked more carefully today and it seems no one has suggested it, so I put in this one:

https://community.dynatrace.com/spaces/483/dynatrace-product-ideas/idea/242882/rfe-api-with-timezone-support.html