# Certification Deadline Question **URL:** \ **Category:** SHF Discussion and Questions\ **Created:** [March 17, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/certification-deadline-question/3444 "2022-03-17T15:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pmartinezclango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@pmartinezclango](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/pmartinezclango)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/certification-deadline-question/3444/1 "2022-03-17T15:13:51Z")
I’ve noticed the following behavior related to deadline when activating a certification campaign. Here you can see I’ve set the deadline to March 29 at 00:00. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/1X/6e3bb3af0b7c5da43a5a13ab20f5d6b448cfe188.png) When I use the API to activate the campaign the timestamp for the deadline automatically is changed to the minute mark when I did the POST to activate the campaign. It’s now 03/28 at 14:13. ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/1X/a87c63951b8abcf91cfe5f772f5f8655f80b5a57.png) I’ve also tried activating the campaign through the UI and get the same result. How can I get a certification campaign to activate and respect the deadline that I specified? ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Smith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Chris\_Smith1](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/Chris_Smith1)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/certification-deadline-question/3444/2 "2022-03-30T19:52:37Z")
When using the Activate call the activation time calculated from the given timezone may cause the campaign deadline time to be modified, but it will remain within the original date. To set the correct time you can use the updateCampaign call to speficy the deadline after it has been activated. [update-campaign | SailPoint Developer Community](https://developer.sailpoint.com/idn/api/beta/update-campaign/) I hope this information is helpful, -Chris Smith ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/2X/f/f2136700ed5e3703e0b85e02f6be799dacca7735.png) [@system](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/certification-deadline-question/3444/3 "2023-07-19T14:22:46Z")