# BUG in Perspective timezone handling

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-in-perspective-timezone-handling/45759>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-in-perspective-timezone-handling/45759 "2021-04-19T15:20:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-in-perspective-timezone-handling/45759/1 "2021-04-19T15:20:06Z")

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As far as we can make out, the Perspective _Project Timezone_ property in _Project Properties_ has no effect.

Any date function run in a script or an expression runs on the gateway and returns a UTC time, whereas anything displayed on the client in a date aware control (like a _DateTime Input_) is altered to match the client timezone.

This is in contrast to the Vision _Timezone Behaviour_ project property which works as advertised.

How can we ensure all Perspective clients display gateway times?

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**Author:** ![MCC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@MCC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/MCC)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bug-in-perspective-timezone-handling/45759/2 "2024-03-22T03:46:38Z")

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I have been running into the same problem three years later. Our gateway and historian are in the cloud and are on UTC. I would like to use a fixed timezone for a project or, even better, be able to dynamically set the timezone for a perspective session...