{"id":527,"date":"2017-03-10T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T16:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/?p=527"},"modified":"2022-08-24T16:31:08","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T15:31:08","slug":"set-display-time-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/set-display-time-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Display Time Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Storing Dates and Times<\/h2>\n<p>Cradle stores all dates and times in UTC, which is most likely not your local time zone.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure that Cradle displays all dates and times using your local time zone, you need to set the &#8216;Display time zone&#8217; option in Preferences, as shown below. The offset from UTC option is for customers who have users in multiple time zones with a central server. It can be more convenient for everyone to have the same view of times, that of the central server, rather than their local time zone.<\/p>\n<p>We hope that this is helpful!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cradle-preferences-UIcontrol-300x244.png\" alt=\"Cradle Preferences UI Control\" width=\"300\" height=\"244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cradle-preferences-UIcontrol-300x244.png 300w, https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cradle-preferences-UIcontrol.png 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.threesl.com\/blog\/set-display-time-zone\/&amp;via=threesl\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Tweet<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.threesl.com%2Fblog%2Fset-display-time-zone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Share<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-small mash-center mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Newsletter<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-small mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storing Dates and Times Cradle stores all dates and times in UTC, which is most likely not your local time zone. 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