# Topic Timer Enhancements
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** topic-timers
**Created:** [April 12, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184 "2018-04-12T19:49:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184/1 "2018-04-12T19:49:09Z")
Hi,
When setting a topic timer, there are a few enhancements that I believe would make it even better:
1. When selecting a custom time, to have a popup window that makes it easy to select a time, in a process parallel to picking the date on the calendar.
2. After selecting the time, for that to appear in the notification: “This topic will be published to [category] in 4 days at 9am.”
3. For the notification to also specify the time zone. “9am Eastern Standard Time”
Thank you for your consideration.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2018, 6:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184/2 "2018-04-13T06:33:28Z")
Why? This is local to your time zone, so the time entered is always “correct” from your perspective.
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### Author:  [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2018, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184/3 "2018-04-13T13:11:25Z")
Hi, fair question.
For the first time I did it, the time itself doesn’t appear in the notification, so I was hesitant/unsure that it was set properly. Then, I wondered what time zone the system would use for the topic timer. But, it all worked out.
In general, I think the time zone feature would be magic for doing announcements/posts in our global community. If I want to get something out for our team in Oxford at the start of their workday, knowing that I have it configured for 8am BST adds clarity and confidence to the workflow.
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-timer-enhancements/85184/4 "2022-10-19T16:17:03Z")
Late to the question, but was wondering the same thing while testing out the topic timers for an important announcement of awards being given out by our organization and I do not want to publish it at the wrong time.
It might help the less discourse savvy (like me) if the interface indicated the time was local. But to be sure I created a test at 10am local, set a custom date (today) and time (noon), and the interface did indicate that it would be published 2 hours from now.
A time zone reference (like the Insert date/time in the editor) is handy for us as we are an international organization.