> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.depost.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Schedule settings

> Set your timezone, posting windows, and how the calendar behaves.

Open **Settings** on the calendar. Everything about *when* posts go out lives here.

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  <img src="https://statics.depost.ai/docs/calendar/queue-settings.png?v=2" alt="The Schedule Settings dialog showing timezone, a posting windows grid, week start, and preferences" />
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## Timezone

Used for scheduling, queues, and calendar events. **Detect** sets it from your device.

Get this right before scheduling anything. Every time you set afterwards is interpreted
against it, and correcting it later doesn't move posts already scheduled.

## Posting windows

A grid of times against days. Add a time with **Add time slot**, then tick the days it
applies to. That combination is your queue: the recurring slots a post can be dropped into
without picking a time by hand.

<Info>
  Editing your schedule doesn't affect posts that are already scheduled. Changing a window
  changes where *future* posts land, not where existing ones sit.
</Info>

Start with fewer slots than you think you'll fill. An empty slot is a reproach; a full
schedule of three a week beats a half-empty one of ten.

## Week Starts On

**Monday** or **Sunday**, for month and week views. Cosmetic, but worth matching however
your team already thinks about a week.

## Preferences

| Setting                   | What it does                                                                         |
| ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Show Empty Slots**      | Highlights open posting times on the calendar, so gaps are visible and quick to fill |
| **Natural Posting Times** | Adds a ±4-minute offset to scheduled posts                                           |

**Natural Posting Times** is worth leaving on. Posts landing at exactly 09:00 every day
look machine-timed. A few minutes of drift costs nothing and reads as a person publishing.

## Related

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  <Card title="Calendar" icon="calendar" href="/calendar/overview">
    Where these settings take effect.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Schedule or publish" icon="send" href="/posts/schedule-or-publish">
    Using a queue slot instead of a fixed time.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
