Embodiments of the invention disclose a Do Not Disturb (DND) method for instant communication and an instant communication
client, applied to the technical field of
information processing. In the method provided by the embodiments, by obtaining the first user setting information, including the
start time, the ending time and the application date information of the
instant messaging client enteringthe DND mode by the
instant messaging client, it may be determined that whether the
instant messaging client needs to enter the DND mode according to the
current time of the instant messaging clientand the first user setting information, so that the instant messaging client automatically switches between the non-Do Not Disturb mode and the Do Not Disturb mode. The instant messaging client sendsthe first
time zone information of the current area to the instant messaging
server, so that the instant messaging
server may determine that the instant messaging client does not send the informationreceiving notification to the instant messaging client when entering the Do Not Disturb mode in the current area, and the instant messaging client does not trigger the
ringing logic for the information receiving notification, and further does not affect the user.