# xmin and xmax via api

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/xmin-and-xmax-via-api/9031>\
**Category:** Tech\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/xmin-and-xmax-via-api/9031 "2021-02-22T17:09:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/xmin-and-xmax-via-api/9031/5 "2021-02-28T19:09:49Z")

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As Adam says, it’s called tmin. I set it by script all the time, using `yyyy-mm-dd` date format.

A fragment from [my tmin script](https://github.com/pjjh/bmndr/blob/master/tmin.sh)

> `curl -# -X PUT -d "{\"tmin\":\"$TMIN\"}" https://www.beeminder.com/api/v1/users/$username/goals/$GOAL.json?auth_token=$auth_token --header "Content-Type: application/json"`

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