Start client scheduling with the right local time
Have Notis retrieve the current time for your chosen timezone before it prepares a scheduling report or prompt.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get current date and time
Gets the current date and time, allowing for a specific timezone offset.
Why this helps
Timezone confusion can make a proposed client time unclear, especially when you work across regions.
- Anchor a scheduled report to the current time in a specified timezone.
- Make relative timing easier to interpret in client scheduling prompts.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Bonsai and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis to create one from any channel.
- 3Describe the outcome: retrieve the current date and time using the timezone offset you specify for client scheduling context.
- 4Pick the notis_cron trigger and choose a recurring schedule and report channel.
- 5Test once and confirm the reported time matches the timezone you intended.
Questions about this workflow
Can it infer a client's timezone?
No. Specify the timezone offset to retrieve. The action does not determine a client's location or timezone.
Does this book a meeting?
No. It returns current date and time information for context and does not create an event.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bonsai to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bonsai triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Bonsai and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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