Error upon activating workflow

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Describe the problem/error/question
I’m trying to activate my “Official tiktok clipper” workflow, but n8n shows an “Invalid date” error when I toggle it on. The workflow uses a Google Sheets Trigger, RapidAPI to fetch TikTok metadata, Google Cloud Vision for tagging, and Supabase to store the results. It runs fine manually, but won’t activate automatically.

What is the error message (if any)?

There was a problem and the workflow could not be activated:
Invalid date

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Information on your n8n setup

n8n version: 1.97.1
Database: SQLite
n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS: own
Running via: Docker
Operating system: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (kernel 5.15.0-141-generic, DigitalOcean droplet)

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Could you please share your setup configuration, including the timezone configuration (in the config file or in the workflow config in the UI).

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Try sending your answer again, for some reason the forum decided to flag and temporarily hide it.

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I see you change the initial post, could you please show a screenshot of that setting?

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Try changing it to America/New_York (with underscore) and see if that helps

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There is no matching data when I put it like that.

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Ahh, this is a drop down, I see… Did you specify GENERIC_TIMEZONE in your docker config files anywhere?

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I checked my Docker environment variables and GENERIC_TIMEZONE is not set.

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you could try to update, not sure if this has anything to do with the version, but the latest version of n8n is 1.106.3

You also could check the date/time of the OS environment, where n8n is running.

is this the full error, nothing else there?

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I will try updating and checking the date/time in the enviornment. This is the full error “Workflow could not be activated:

There was a problem activating the workflow: “ERROR: You specified an invalid date.”

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Also try to explicitly set GENERIC_TIMEZONE in the docker compose file (or to the docker run command).

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I was able to fix it! Thank you for your insight and support. I went into the .env file and set the GENERIC_TIMEZONE to America/New_York and the worflow has now activated.

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Perfect. Thanks for confirming. If the last message was helpful, kindly mark is as “Solution”. Thanks!

Cheers!

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