Zendesk Check Business Hours

Checks whether a Zendesk business-hours schedule is open right now. Use it to route or message customers differently inside or outside office hours.

What it does

  • Fetches the selected business-hours schedule from Zendesk.
  • Evaluates whether the current time falls within the schedule.
  • Returns a readable breakdown of the schedule intervals.

Notes

  • Requires a configured Zendesk connection and the schedule ID to check.
  • Timezone controls which zone is used when evaluating open/closed.

Inputs

NameTypeDescription
Schedule IDStringID of the schedule to check Possible values: e, x, t, e, r, n, a, l.
TimezoneStringtimezone Possible values: UTC−12, UTC−11, UTC−10, UTC−9, UTC−8, UTC−7, UTC−6, UTC−5, UTC−4, UTC−3, UTC−2, UTC−1, UTC, UTC+1, UTC+2, UTC+3, UTC+4, UTC+5, UTC+6, UTC+7, UTC+8, UTC+9, UTC+10, UTC+11, UTC+12.

Outputs

NameTypeDescription
SuccessBooleanWhether successfully got the schedule
Original ScheduleObjectOriginal schedule object
Readable HoursObjectReadable hours object
Open NowBooleanWhether the current time is within the business hours of the schedule
Timezone WarningStringWarning message if the schedule timezone could not be resolved — indicates open_now may be incorrect

Notes

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