Deploy and Host n8n Railway Timezone Patcher on Railway

Easily fix timezone mismatches in your self-hosted n8n instance. This Railway-ready patcher updates all workflows to use your preferred timezone instead of the default America/New_York.

About Hosting n8n Railway Timezone Patcher

By default, n8n creates new workflows using the America/New_York timezone, which often causes confusion or scheduling issues in other regions. This patcher uses the n8n REST API to find and fix incorrect or missing timezone settings in all workflows. It runs in a lightweight Docker container, and can be automatically triggered on a CRON schedule (e.g. every 10 minutes). Best of all — it runs entirely within Railway.

Common Use Cases

• Automatically fix timezone mismatches in newly created workflows
• Maintain consistent scheduling across teams and environments
• Integrate timezone updates into your CI/CD or DevOps workflow

Dependencies for n8n Railway Timezone Patcher Hosting

• A running n8n instance (self-hosted, preferably on Railway)
• An n8n API Key (from your personal settings)

Deployment Dependencies

• IANA Timezones – Wikipedia List

Implementation Details

Environment variables to configure:

TIMEZONE=Europe/Stockholm
N8N_API_KEY=your-n8n-api-key
N8N_API_URL=http://primary.railway.internal

📌 Tip: If you deploy this in the same Railway project as your n8n service, you can use http://primary.railway.internal as the internal hostname (no port required).

Example CRON (every 10 minutes):

*/10 * * * *

Why Deploy n8n Railway Timezone Patcher on Railway?

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying courteous-gentleness on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.

Railway is a singular platform to deploy your infrastructure stack. Railway will host your infrastructure so you don't have to deal with configuration, while allowing you to vertically and horizontally scale it.

By deploying courteous-gentleness on Railway, you are one step closer to supporting a complete full-stack application with minimal burden. Host your servers, databases, AI agents, and more on Railway.