# Perspective Time-Series Chart time format

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-time-series-chart-time-format/52614>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [November 2, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-time-series-chart-time-format/52614 "2021-11-02T10:52:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-time-series-chart-time-format/52614/1 "2021-11-02T10:52:03Z")

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Quick question for you gurus here. I am using a time-series chart in perspective for one of my views. My data series for this chart is returned in user local time which I convert in a SQL query before building out the series, not UTC. I’m using the session prop for user timezone and the convert\_tz function in the named query. I have noticed that the chart always offsets to UTC on the time axis. This worked fine in the XY chart and the times matched up perfectly. I decided to switch to the time-series chart because of the extra options for PanZoom. Am I missing something here with the time offset? Time format on the chart is h:m:ss and date format is M-D-YY

 ![time-series](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/7/0/70c7698e6e7aec22f50870026a8294a88ac93e4d.png)