# Tijdzones omkeren **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/flip-display-of-timezones/218254 **Category:** Feature **Created:** [15 februari 2022 om 15:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flip-display-of-timezones/218254 "2022-02-15T15:52:14Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 5
### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david) #### Post date: [16 februari 2022 om 02:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flip-display-of-timezones/218254/5 "2022-02-16T02:20:56Z")
> [@Conflict between timezones in "Insert date / time"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/conflict-between-timezones-in-insert-date-time/208539/2): > > I’m afraid the technical reason here is pretty confusing - you can read about it at [Moment Timezone | Docs](https://momentjs.com/timezone/docs/#/zone-object/offset/) POSIX compatibility requires that the offsets are inverted. Therefore, Etc/GMT-X will have an offset of +X and Etc/GMT+X will have an offset of -X . This is a result of IANA’s [Time Zone Database](https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/2017b/etcetera#L36-L42) and not an arbitrary choice by Moment.js. Thus, using locality based identifiers is preferred over fixed-offset identifiers. So, in IANA’s Time Zone database, Europe/Oslo is currently equivalent… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flip-display-of-timezones/218254)._