# Glide “Today” Changes at 8 PM Eastern — Why Not Midnight?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-today-changes-at-8-pm-eastern-why-not-midnight/87695>\
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**Created:** [September 15, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-today-changes-at-8-pm-eastern-why-not-midnight/87695 "2026-09-15T15:15:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![RayG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RayG](https://community.glideapps.com/u/RayG)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-today-changes-at-8-pm-eastern-why-not-midnight/87695/1 "2026-09-15T15:15:25Z")

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We have a Glide app used in Michigan (Eastern Time) and are seeing unexpected behavior with a **“Today” date filter**.

Our app changes to the next day at approximately **8:00 PM Eastern** , which corresponds to **midnight UTC**.

We cannot find any app setting that tells Glide which time zone to use.

**How does Glide determine the time zone used for “Today”?**

Is there an app-level time zone setting, or does Glide calculate “Today” using UTC?

We simply need **Today to change at midnight Eastern Time, not 8:00 PM Eastern.**

What is the recommended way to accomplish this?

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**Author:** ![slscustom.ru](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/slscustom.ru/32/77336_2.png) [@slscustom.ru](https://community.glideapps.com/u/slscustom.ru)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-today-changes-at-8-pm-eastern-why-not-midnight/87695/2 "2026-09-15T22:57:57Z")

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Hi RayG,  
I think today calculated on user device and depend on user’s current time zone.  
Also all server side workflows operate UTC.

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**Author:** ![RayG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RayG](https://community.glideapps.com/u/RayG)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2026, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/glide-today-changes-at-8-pm-eastern-why-not-midnight/87695/3 "2026-09-16T17:14:10Z")

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Thanks for the reply. That is what I expected as well.

All of our users and devices are in Eastern Time, but our “Today” filter consistently changes to the next day at approximately 8:00 PM Eastern, which is exactly midnight UTC.

We tested this directly: before 8:00 PM the current day was displayed, and shortly after 8:00 PM the next day’s routes appeared.

If “Today” is calculated from the user’s device time zone, is there something else in Glide that could cause an **“is within today”** condition to evaluate using UTC?

We are not using a server-side workflow for this — it is simply a date column and a Today condition/filter.