# Does the timestamp for our discourse interactions (forum posts, etc.) use UTC time?

**URL:** https://collective.flashbots.net/t/does-the-timestamp-for-our-discourse-interactions-forum-posts-etc-use-utc-time/275
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Tags:** question
**Created:** [September 18, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/does-the-timestamp-for-our-discourse-interactions-forum-posts-etc-use-utc-time/275 "2022-09-18T17:05:31Z")
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### Author: ![Tina](https://collective.flashbots.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@Tina](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/Tina)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/does-the-timestamp-for-our-discourse-interactions-forum-posts-etc-use-utc-time/275/1 "2022-09-18T17:05:31Z")

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If not, can we have this as an option? (I tested it myself just now, however, the default timezone I use is UTC on my devices, so it may be a confounding factor).

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### Author: ![guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/user_avatar/collective.flashbots.net/guayabyte/32/4_2.png) [@guayabyte](https://collective.flashbots.net/u/guayabyte)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2022, 11:48am UTC](https://collective.flashbots.net/t/does-the-timestamp-for-our-discourse-interactions-forum-posts-etc-use-utc-time/275/2 "2022-09-19T11:48:33Z")

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In your user preferences you can set the timezone:

[https://collective.flashbots.net/my/preferences/profile](https://collective.flashbots.net/my/preferences/profile)

 ![Screenshot_20220919-054610_Firefox Nightly](https://collective.flashbots.net/uploads/default/original/1X/90a60a615a2b664bc6e1afd5e5851217315e80a5.png)

Is that what you are looking for?