# Workflow timezone conversion **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Requests\ **Created:** [July 23, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386 "2025-07-23T13:16:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NFNHello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nfnhello/32/3371_2.png) [@NFNHello](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NFNHello)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/1 "2025-07-23T13:16:56Z")
Seeing that all date/time stamps that happen on a server side workflow are captured in GMT, I’d like to have a computed action in the server side workflows to convert a time to a specific time zone. ---
**Author:** ![NFNHello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nfnhello/32/3371_2.png) [@NFNHello](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NFNHello)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2025, 2:16pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/2 "2025-07-23T14:16:07Z")
For example, I have a workflow that sends email reminders about upcoming appointments. I’d like the workflow to use a timezone stored in the user table for the appointment date/time. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/3 "2025-07-24T02:59:30Z")
Can’t you already do this? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![NFNHello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nfnhello/32/3371_2.png) [@NFNHello](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NFNHello)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/4 "2025-07-24T03:23:57Z")
I cannot. I’m open to suggestions though. ---
**Author:** ![NFNHello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nfnhello/32/3371_2.png) [@NFNHello](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NFNHello)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/5 "2025-07-24T03:28:26Z")
Date math can be so complicated. I’d like to select a time zone and let the computer do the work. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/6 "2025-07-24T03:33:50Z")
If you know each users timezone offset, can’t you just apply that in the workflow? ---
**Author:** ![NFNHello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nfnhello/32/3371_2.png) [@NFNHello](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NFNHello)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/7 "2025-07-24T03:45:01Z")
The offset can be variable like in Arizona where parts don’t follow daylight saving time. I wish I could find the youtube video that covers the complications. I’d like to select a location from a dropdown and use the work that people have already done rather than redo it. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/8 "2025-07-24T03:48:23Z")
> [@NFNHello](#): > > I wish I could find the youtube video that covers the complications. This one? 🤣 [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/3X/9/e/9e3e3f8b2f436554f9ba05ddf9e0c8d96b74abb5.jpeg "The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY) ---
**Author:** ![NFNHello](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nfnhello/32/3371_2.png) [@NFNHello](https://community.glideapps.com/u/NFNHello)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 11:28am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/9 "2025-07-24T11:28:52Z")
Ha! That’s EXACTLY the video I was looking for. How’d you do that?! ---
**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:** [July 24, 2025, 11:41am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/10 "2025-07-24T11:41:41Z")
Do what? Find it? I know it very well, I must have watched it at least a dozen times or more over the years. Just Google for “Computerphile timezones” ---
**Author:** ![blairrorani](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/blairrorani/32/43426_2.png) [@blairrorani](https://community.glideapps.com/u/blairrorani)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/11 "2026-01-14T21:59:18Z")
Maybe two values are stored for date/times where the TZ option is selected. 1. The GMT value 2. The TZ value It seems like when we select TZ option, the date is still stored as GMT with an offset applied but when the field is used in calculations then it uses the GMT value. If TZ is selected the TZ value is always used (however that is calculated in practice). Because once I tick TZ I clearly don’t want to use the GMT value any more. ---
**Author:** ![nathanaelb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/nathanaelb/32/43079_2.png) [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:29am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/12 "2026-01-15T06:29:10Z")
The world would be a simpler place if we only had one time zone. I suggest we all adopt the one France uses 😂 ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/workflow-timezone-conversion/83386/13 "2026-01-15T06:36:18Z")
Not sure I’d like that. I’d be going to bed at 4 in the afternoon and waking up at midnight 🤷‍♂️