# \[IGN-6614\]What is the best way to format a date (milliseconds) for a specified timezone with Ignition's python scripting

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** scripting, ignition81\
**Created:** [September 14, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6614-what-is-the-best-way-to-format-a-date-milliseconds-for-a-specified-timezone-with-ignitions-python-scripting/64068 "2022-09-14T17:40:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![tyler.bennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@tyler.bennett](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tyler.bennett)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-6614-what-is-the-best-way-to-format-a-date-milliseconds-for-a-specified-timezone-with-ignitions-python-scripting/64068/9 "2022-09-15T04:53:07Z")

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@paul-griffith just a thought… any chance we could get the development team to extend [system.date](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.date) and add a setTimeZone() function…or change [system.date.format](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.date.format) and [system.dataset.formatDates](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.dataset.formatDates) to allow specifying a timezone as a parameter?

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