# Use the local timezone

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-local-timezone/313007>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 21, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-local-timezone/313007 "2024-06-21T04:46:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![traceymoko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/traceymoko/32/483235_2.png) [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2024, 6:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-the-local-timezone/313007/2 "2024-06-22T06:16:30Z")

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> [@Yunpeng\_Tai](#):
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> However, the timezones are still UTC such as the post date or the chat date. I want to use the local timezone.

On your forum, maybe your profile timezone is different to the site timezone.

You can check your profile timezone on your site by going to /my/preferences/profile  
(e.g. on this site, it would be [https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/profile](https://meta.discourse.org/my/preferences/profile) )

 ![The image shows the profile section of a website or application called "Discourse", where a user can set their timezone to "Australia/Brisbane" or choose to use their current timezone. (Captioned by AI)](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/2/d/b2d4573aa62a8673c61e6f8c4e1d5458865ef146.jpeg)

Usually the post dates and so on will use your profile’s timezone. Let us know how that goes.

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