<![CDATA[Detect timezone automatically]]>Hello,

I just noticed that the timestamps are wrong in my setup because the timezone is not right. It would be good if Cloudron detects the right timezone during the setup/installation. I wasn't aware I have to set it on my own.

Best Regards,

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/9149/detect-timezone-automaticallyRSS for NodeSun, 16 Aug 2026 07:44:04 GMTTue, 02 May 2023 20:33:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Detect timezone automatically on Sun, 07 May 2023 18:54:39 GMT]]>@warg OK, there was a bug that LA is chosen as default tz, if no tz was explicitly set. I have fixed this to make UTC as the default instead.

This feature request is still valid . Maybe we should either auto detect or ask the user about the timezone at installation/setup time.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66228https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66228Sun, 07 May 2023 18:54:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Detect timezone automatically on Fri, 05 May 2023 16:01:20 GMT]]>@warg OK, strange, let me double check. That is not behaving the way I expect it to behave.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66118https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66118Fri, 05 May 2023 16:01:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Detect timezone automatically on Fri, 05 May 2023 15:55:05 GMT]]>@girish I checked the logs of Nextcloud or Collabora back then and noticed that it was wrong by ~ 2 hours if I remember right. Thus I changed the timezone setting in the Settings view of Cloudron from Los Angeles (whyever that was chosen) to Europe/Berlin and it was fine.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66117https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66117Fri, 05 May 2023 15:55:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Detect timezone automatically on Thu, 04 May 2023 08:28:26 GMT]]>@warg There is no timezone setting in user profile field. I guess you mean the Settings page (that one is a Cloudron wide setting)? See also https://docs.cloudron.io/settings/#timezone

I just re-read the thread and it's a bit abstract. We have to take a step back. What is the original topic/issue about ?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66039https://forum.cloudron.io/post/66039Thu, 04 May 2023 08:28:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Detect timezone automatically on Wed, 03 May 2023 15:39:45 GMT]]>@girish Does that mean it takes the timezone from the browser and it doesn't matter what is stored in the user profile field or is the information in the user profile field taken from my browser? L. A. is actually wrong, no clue why this was set (no VPN, wrong IP geolocation or other stuff involved).

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65997https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65997Wed, 03 May 2023 15:39:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Detect timezone automatically on Tue, 02 May 2023 21:21:52 GMT]]>@warg the server is always UTC. It's best not to change this. The log timestamps are based on the browser timezone.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65951https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65951Tue, 02 May 2023 21:21:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Detect timezone automatically on Tue, 02 May 2023 20:49:09 GMT]]>@warg said in Detect timezone automatically:

Looks like changing it in Cloudron doesn't "" change it on OS level, right?

I don't think it does, no.

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65947https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65947Tue, 02 May 2023 20:49:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Detect timezone automatically on Tue, 02 May 2023 20:44:30 GMT]]>@ccfu Just checked it, for some reason it's set to UTC0. Cloudron had it set to Los Angeles which is different to UTC0. So both was incorrect. I've set it to Europe/Berlin manually now. Looks like changing it in Cloudron doesn't change it on OS level, right?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65946https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65946Tue, 02 May 2023 20:44:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Detect timezone automatically on Tue, 02 May 2023 20:36:03 GMT]]>@warg
You don't. It will take the server timezone if you don't change it. Maybe your server timezone is incorrect?

]]>https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65945https://forum.cloudron.io/post/65945Tue, 02 May 2023 20:36:03 GMT