# Local time using now() function **URL:** \ **Category:** Ask for Help\ **Created:** [August 17, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/local-time-using-now-function/30585 "2021-08-17T10:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![qb15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/qb15/32/9973_2.png) [@qb15](https://community.glideapps.com/u/qb15)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 10:00am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/local-time-using-now-function/30585/1 "2021-08-17T10:00:01Z")
I’m using the now() function to set the default date in a date input to be today. However, I’ve noticed that it is operating in a different timezone to me. It’s operating in USA time (I think PST), and not London time where I am. Thus when I add an entry in morning it is using yesterday’s date. Is there a way to have it set to Today’s date in the REAL user timezone? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Murphy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/darren_murphy/32/47326_2.png) [@Darren\_Murphy](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Darren_Murphy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/local-time-using-now-function/30585/2 "2021-08-17T10:31:54Z")
Here’s a couple of threads that you might find useful: > [@clock3 System/GMT Time - Solved!](https://community.glideapps.com/t/system-gmt-time-solved/27524): > > This is an extension of the request for [System Time, please](https://community.glideapps.com/t/system-time-please/26837). There’s been a lot of questions for a while about how to get a universal time that can be shared for multiple users across multiple time zones. Most of you will know that any time your get a date/time from one of the glide special values, it will always be the user’s local time. But if you don’t know which time zone they are in, then you have no easy way to convert that date/time into something standard, like Greenwich Mean Time, to… > [@Date Time UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/date-time-utc/29742): > > For those who are interested in dates, here is a small script to return the date and time in UTC. You must complete the Data parameters with the “The date / time at form submission” option so that the date and time update every 10 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/local-time-using-now-function/30585/3 "2021-08-17T11:14:04Z")
What spreadsheet timezone are you using?