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stage: Systems
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group: Distribution
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info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
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# Changing your time zone **(FREE SELF)**
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The global time zone configuration parameter can be changed in `config/gitlab.yml`:
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```plaintext
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# time_zone: 'UTC'
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```
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Uncomment and customize if you want to change the default time zone of the GitLab application.
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## Viewing available time zones
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To see all available time zones, run `bundle exec rake time:zones:all`.
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For Omnibus installations, run `gitlab-rake time:zones:all`.
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NOTE:
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This Rake task does not list time zones in TZInfo format required by Omnibus GitLab during a reconfigure: [#27209](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/27209).
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## Changing time zone in Omnibus installations
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GitLab defaults its time zone to UTC. It has a global time zone configuration parameter in `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`.
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To obtain a list of time zones, log in to your GitLab application server and run a command that generates a list of time zones in TZInfo format for the server. For example, install `timedatectl` and run `timedatectl list-timezones`.
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To update, add the time zone that best applies to your location. For example:
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```ruby
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gitlab_rails['time_zone'] = 'America/New_York'
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```
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After adding the configuration parameter, reconfigure and restart your GitLab instance:
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```shell
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gitlab-ctl reconfigure
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gitlab-ctl restart
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```
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## Changing time zone per user
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> - [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-foss/-/issues/57654) in GitLab 11.11, disabled by default behind `user_time_settings` [feature flag](feature_flags.md).
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> - [Enabled by default](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/29669) in GitLab 13.9.
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> - [Feature flag removed](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/29669) in GitLab 14.1.
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Users can set their time zone in their profile. On GitLab.com, the default time zone is UTC.
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New users do not have a default time zone in [GitLab 14.4 and later](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/340795). New users must
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explicitly set their time zone before it displays on their profile.
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In GitLab 14.3 and earlier, users with no configured time zone default to the time zone
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[configured at the instance level](#changing-your-time-zone).
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For more information, see [Set your time zone](../user/profile/index.md#set-your-time-zone).
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