# UTC timestamps issue

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/utc-timestamps-issue/87075>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [May 13, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/utc-timestamps-issue/87075 "2026-05-13T10:10:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sov\_mal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sov\_mal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/sov_mal)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/utc-timestamps-issue/87075/1 "2026-05-13T10:10:16Z")

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Hello Gliders,

I’m running into a timezone issue where a UTC timestamp stored in Glide seems to arrive at my JavaScript column already converted — and incorrectly.

**Setup**

- Guests fill an external form and enter a check-in time (e.g. 15:00 Paris time)
- On validation, a webhook sends the data to Glide, which stores the check-in time as a UTC timestamp (13:00 UTC = 15:00 Paris, correct)
- The column is set to “Don’t respect timezone”
- A JavaScript column then receives that UTC value to convert it to Paris time for use in a Glide workflow

**The problem**

To debug, I logged the raw value received by the JS column:

```js
return String(p1) + " | type:" + typeof p1;

```

Result:

```auto
2026-05-13T11:00:00.000Z | type:string

```

The column stores `2026-05-13T13:00:00.000Z` (UTC), but the JS column receives `2026-05-13T11:00:00.000Z` — which is 2 hours behind UTC (i.e. 11:00 UTC instead of 13:00 UTC). So by the time I try to convert to Paris time, I’m already starting from a wrong value.

**Question**

Why would Glide pass a different timestamp to the JS column than what’s stored? Could the “respect timezone” setting, or some implicit conversion happening at the JS column input level, explain this 2-hour discrepancy?

My end goal is to include the correct Paris local time in automated messages sent via Glide workflows.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,  
Lucas

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**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:** [May 14, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/utc-timestamps-issue/87075/2 "2026-05-14T23:53:47Z")

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Can you please submit a ticket with the info above using the bottom right icon in your builder environment? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![sov\_mal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sov\_mal](https://community.glideapps.com/u/sov_mal)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/utc-timestamps-issue/87075/3 "2026-05-18T11:03:28Z")

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I will do it today, thanks Thinh.