# \#timezones

**URL:** https://talk.openmrs.org/tag/timezones/705.md

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## [O3: Config to set a standard date/time convention throughout App?](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/o3-config-to-set-a-standard-date-time-convention-throughout-app/35726)

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**Author:** [@grace](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/grace)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/o3-config-to-set-a-standard-date-time-convention-throughout-app/35726 "2022-02-02T15:47:51Z")

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Problems We have 2 time-display problems to address as we build 3.x: (if I ignore timezones :stuck\_out\_tongue: ) We don’t yet have 1 clear standard for date and time display throughout 3.x. Though we have repeatedly a…

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## [AP-82: Timezone support for service definitions start and end times](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ap-82-timezone-support-for-service-definitions-start-and-end-times/34788)

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**Author:** [@jfigueiredo](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/jfigueiredo)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/ap-82-timezone-support-for-service-definitions-start-and-end-times/34788 "2022-01-31T11:44:05Z")

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Looks like the platform is ready to use timezones, however at least in one place that feature is not working. When we create a service, if we select the availability time of the service, Those times are always on the …

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## [Time zone system setting](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/time-zone-system-setting/35047)

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**Author:** [@bistenes](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/bistenes)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/time-zone-system-setting/35047 "2021-12-02T20:11:11Z")

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I’d like to suggest that we add a global property / system setting for time zone. There are cases where the time that should be shown to the user is the time at the clinic, regardless of the time zone that the client is …

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## [HFE: Better handling of timezones](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/hfe-better-handling-of-timezones/31659)

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**Author:** [@mksd](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/mksd)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2021, 8:11am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/hfe-better-handling-of-timezones/31659 "2021-09-22T08:11:22Z")

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Hey @mseaton and @mogoodrich, So we have been running into issues with timezones and HFE. Actually we have been running into issues with timezones and the Ref App in general, but for the sake of concision I’ll focus on…

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## [Changing OpenMRS timezone](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/changing-openmrs-timezone/34178)

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**Author:** [@danialbet](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/danialbet)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/changing-openmrs-timezone/34178 "2021-07-26T10:06:03Z")

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I have the Platform 2.4.0 WAR file running with all the modules that make up the reference application. I am trying to update the instances I have running within tomcat to reflect West African Time (WAT), but I do not se…