Set your default time zone

Set your default time zone so that all times shown in the web interface for your user account reflect your local time preferences. This helps you view scheduled tasks and dashboards in your preferred time zone.

This setting determines the times displayed in the web interface for your user account, such as for task scheduling and dashboard viewing. It does not change the system time, affect other users, or modify data stored in the system, which generally uses UTC.

  • The Time Zone function in User Preferences assumes that the system clock is set to UTC. Do not change the system time. Changing the system time from UTC is not supported and will require reimaging the device to recover from an unsupported state.

  • This feature does not affect the time zone used for time-based policy application. Set the time zone for a device in Devices > Platform Settings.

Before you begin

Follow these steps to set your default time zone:

Procedure

Step 1

From the drop-down list under your user name, choose User Preferences.

Step 2

Click the TIME Zone drop-down list.

Step 3

Choose the continent or country and the state name that corresponds with the time zone you want to use.

After completing these steps, your user account will display times in the web interface according to your selected time zone. System time and other users are not affected.