# Question on UTC time, different results in script console and script transform

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective, ignition81\
**Created:** [September 13, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-on-utc-time-different-results-in-script-console-and-script-transform/95951 "2024-09-13T13:19:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michal\_Goralczyk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/michal_goralczyk/32/55564_2.png) [@Michal\_Goralczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Michal_Goralczyk)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-on-utc-time-different-results-in-script-console-and-script-transform/95951/1 "2024-09-13T13:19:11Z")

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Hello,

I need UTC time for certain activities. I don't understand why in script transform the same code gives different result than in script console?

Question also why did the formatting change the time?

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/9/092d5770f204dbe50c5c740c0bed4dfc39fb3c9c.png)

In script cosole its looks correct and time have the same value:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/5/0525345388a8c864af2dfb6c12a83fa072a4349e.png)

Best regards  
Michał

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-on-utc-time-different-results-in-script-console-and-script-transform/95951/2 "2024-09-13T13:41:30Z")

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Why are you using `import time` instead of [system.date | Ignition User Manual](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-date) functions?

Be aware that the console is using your PC's clock whereas the bindings are using that of the gateway.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/question-on-utc-time-different-results-in-script-console-and-script-transform/95951/3 "2024-09-13T13:58:08Z")

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Every time you print a datetime object, `print` performs a string conversion for you. (Because `print` can't print binary objects.) The default string conversion uses the time zone of the JVM where the script is running. The designer is a separate JVM from the gateway, so differences are utterly normal.

See this entire topic to reset your paradigm:

> [@Ignition Perspective Page to show the client System date and time](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-perspective-page-to-show-the-client-system-date-and-time/73265/8):
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> Sure. I recommend [DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern()](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/time/format/DateTimeFormatter.html#ofPattern(java.lang.String)). But I would move the complexity to a project script module with a DateTimeFormatter instance with your preferred pattern saved as a top level variable. Like so, perhaps: from java.time import ZoneId from java.time.format import DateTimeFormatter defaultFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm") def zonedFormat(ts, zoneid, format=None): formatter = defaultFormatter if format is None else DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(format) r…

(And don't use python's stdlib in jython where there are Java alternatives. Full stop.)