# Adding 2 hours but the system puts 3 hours (using system.date.addHours)? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 16, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-2-hours-but-the-system-puts-3-hours-using-system-date-addhours/71132 "2023-03-16T04:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lalillo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lalillo1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lalillo1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-2-hours-but-the-system-puts-3-hours-using-system-date-addhours/71132/1 "2023-03-16T04:22:37Z")
I am trying to add 2 hours so I can get the start date as March, 12, 2am.. So far, I am using this script on the Script Console, but the system adds one more hour. Is there a bug on the Ignition for this? Same thing happens when I try to get the date March, 12, 4am.. The system adds one more hour ```auto start = system.date.getDate(2023, 2, 12) #March = month 2, day 12 start = system.date.addHours(start, 2) #March = month 2, day 12, @ 2am print start ``` ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/d/5d14624fccc532e4834cd5429a321a6f8d2e1133.png) Can someone give me a hint on how I can get the start date as March, 12, 2am ? ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-2-hours-but-the-system-puts-3-hours-using-system-date-addhours/71132/2 "2023-03-16T04:25:09Z")
Not sure but at a guess daylight saving on the original time? I would add an additional print start between lines 4,5 ---
**Author:** ![Lalillo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lalillo1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lalillo1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-2-hours-but-the-system-puts-3-hours-using-system-date-addhours/71132/3 "2023-03-16T04:30:39Z")
Using your tip, I see there's a difference between PST and PDT: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/8/f867ce9b5f0c514380ec616d98a93eb5f797a9a4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Lalillo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lalillo1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lalillo1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-2-hours-but-the-system-puts-3-hours-using-system-date-addhours/71132/4 "2023-03-16T04:49:30Z")
Lol. I asked silly question. Thank You. ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-2-hours-but-the-system-puts-3-hours-using-system-date-addhours/71132/5 "2023-03-16T04:50:34Z")
Nah it's not silly. Post your final solution, it may help others that stumble across this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Lalillo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lalillo1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lalillo1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-2-hours-but-the-system-puts-3-hours-using-system-date-addhours/71132/6 "2023-03-16T04:58:10Z")
Final solution is my realization of changing from PST to PDT... ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/8/18fbee57090fb8d7cb40eb083604430eb4d102b6.png) [daylight savings Time Period](https://www.almanac.com/content/when-daylight-saving-time) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/a/0a5cf66c646615e188b091e588bc252ae93710dc.png) Using the [https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/](https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/) page helps a lot ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/b/cb9d1d52109d2a8254bbe090c327593d7c6ede60.png) ---
**Author:** ![Matrix\_Engineering](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matrix_engineering/32/19781_2.png) [@Matrix\_Engineering](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Matrix_Engineering)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-2-hours-but-the-system-puts-3-hours-using-system-date-addhours/71132/7 "2023-03-16T05:00:13Z")
> [@Matrix\_Engineering](#): > > at a guess daylight saving on the original time? Not a bad guess then 🙂 Glad you got sorted. ---
**Author:** ![Lalillo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lalillo1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Lalillo1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/adding-2-hours-but-the-system-puts-3-hours-using-system-date-addhours/71132/8 "2023-03-16T05:37:10Z")
Thank YOU!