# Can I change TimeZone?

**URL:** <https://community.nocodb.com/t/can-i-change-timezone/2053>\
**Category:** Self-Host\
**Created:** [August 13, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/can-i-change-timezone/2053 "2025-08-13T10:45:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![bigboa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@bigboa](https://community.nocodb.com/u/bigboa)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/can-i-change-timezone/2053/1 "2025-08-13T10:45:22Z")

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Hi,  
We are running self-hosted NocoDB using docker compose.  
We used same TZ, non UTC, for DB(PG), docker host and inside docker container with NocoDB.

But when we create new record in any table column created\_at fills with UTC timezone.

Can we change this somehow?

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**Author:** ![Navi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3be4f8/32.png) [@Navi](https://community.nocodb.com/u/Navi)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 10:54am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/can-i-change-timezone/2053/2 "2025-08-13T10:54:41Z")

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`Create Time`, `Last Modified Time` we prefer to store in UTC. However, its ALWAYS shown in the user’s timezone while viewing it in browser. While retrieving via API, it will be again based in UTC. Since it has TZ information, your application can adjust based on it.

What is the issue its causing to you?

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**Author:** ![bigboa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b77776/32.png) [@bigboa](https://community.nocodb.com/u/bigboa)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/can-i-change-timezone/2053/3 "2025-08-13T11:04:30Z")

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In my case it shows me in UTC, but on my PC TZ=UTC+03:00

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/nocodb/original/1X/6d2a0852bd7bc65bd92aa77f0d210d29c9afa172.png)

It can confuse my users

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**Author:** ![dstala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f04885/32.png) [@dstala](https://community.nocodb.com/u/dstala)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2025, 11:46am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/can-i-change-timezone/2053/4 "2025-08-13T11:46:18Z")

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I tried it using latest NocoDB docker release with PG as root DB – with both DB timezone set to default (UTC) and modified DB timezone (Tokyo/Japan). In both of these instances, the displayed timezone for CreatedAt & UpdatedAt fields matched browser timezone

Node: **v22.18.0**  
Arch: **arm64**  
Platform: **linux**  
Docker: **true**  
RootDB: **pg**  
PackageVersion: **0.264.4**

Issue that you are noticing is likely to be outside scope of NocoDB.

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-13 at 5.13.57 PM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/nocodb/original/1X/86874c69439fdfc3a1035a2bc5e0b34b65fb5627.jpeg)