Any way to start the calendar on the half hour (i.e 8:30am)

Scheduler Javascript
#1

scheduler.config.first_hour =08.5;
Still begins at 9am and causes every event to show up 30 minutes later on the calendar

scheduler.config.last_hour =21.5;
works OK. Causes the calendar to end on the half hour

Any ideas or workarounds?

#2

It is expected that both options are integer values, so only full hours can be used.

#3

it works ok for the end time. I feel this would be a great enhancement to provide more flexibility.