Default User Time Zone

Administrators use this system setting to specify a default time zone for all users.

Users can specify a time zone in the My Account dialog to override this setting. If the (Preview) Enable Time Zone system setting is enabled, users can specify a time zone in the My Profile dialog to override this system setting.

Note:

Enable the Apply Default User Time Zone for Workbooks system setting to apply the specified time zone to subject areas in workbooks, .

Specifying a different time zone for each user

If you want to specify a different offset value where session variables can be used (for example, expressions, calculations), don't use the Default User Time Zone setting. Instead, set the system session variable TIMEZONE in the semantic model. See About Session Variables.

Valid Values

  • (GMT) Casablanca, Monrovia
  • (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
  • (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
  • (GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague
  • (GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris
  • (GMT+01:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofija, Vilnius, Warsaw, Zagreb
  • (GMT+01:00) West Central Africa
  • (GMT+02:00) Athens, Istanbul, Minsk
  • (GMT+02:00) Bucharest (GMT+02:00) Cairo
  • (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria
  • (GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn
  • (GMT+02:00) Jerusalem
  • (GMT+03:00) Baghdad
  • (GMT+03:00) Kuwait, Riyadh
  • (GMT+03:00) Nairobi
  • (GMT+03:30) Tehran
  • (GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat
  • (GMT+04:00) Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan
  • (GMT+04:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd
  • (GMT+04:30) Kabul
  • (GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg
  • (GMT+05:00) Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent
  • (GMT+05:30) Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi
  • (GMT+05:45) Kathmandu
  • (GMT+06:00) Almaty, Novosibirsk
  • (GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka
  • (GMT+06:00) Sri Jayawardenepura
  • (GMT+06:30) Rangoon
  • (GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta
  • (GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk
  • (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
  • (GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar
  • (GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
  • (GMT+08:00) Perth
  • (GMT+08:00) Taipei
  • (GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo
  • (GMT+09:00) Seoul
  • (GMT+09:00) Yakutsk
  • (GMT+09:30) Adelaide
  • (GMT+09:30) Darwin
  • (GMT+10:00) Brisbane
  • (GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
  • (GMT+10:00) Guam, Port Moresby
  • (GMT+10:00) Hobart
  • (GMT+10:00) Vladivostok
  • (GMT+11:00) Magadan, Solomon Is., New Caledonia
  • (GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington
  • (GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.
  • (GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa
  • (GMT-01:00) Azores
  • (GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Is.
  • (GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic
  • (GMT-03:00) Brasilia
  • (GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown
  • (GMT-03:00) Greenland
  • (GMT-03:30) Newfoundland
  • (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
  • (GMT-04:00) Caracas, La Paz
  • (GMT-04:00) Santiago
  • (GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • (GMT-05:00) Indiana (East)
  • (GMT-06:00) Central America
  • (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
  • (GMT-06:00) Mexico City
  • (GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan
  • (GMT-07:00) Arizona
  • (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
  • (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana
  • (GMT-09:00) Alaska
  • (GMT-10:00) Hawaii
  • (GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa
  • (GMT-12:00) Eniwetok, Kwajalein

Apply Required

No.

Change Effective

After user logs out and logs in.

Edition

Professional and Enterprise.

API Key and Values

API KeyDefaultUserPreferredTimeZone

API Values
  • (GMT) Casablanca, Monrovia
  • (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London
  • (GMT+01:00) Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna
  • (GMT+01:00) Belgrade, Bratislava, Budapest, Ljubljana, Prague
  • (GMT+01:00) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris
  • (GMT+01:00) Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofija, Vilnius, Warsaw, Zagreb
  • (GMT+01:00) West Central Africa
  • (GMT+02:00) Athens, Istanbul, Minsk
  • (GMT+02:00) Bucharest (GMT+02:00) Cairo
  • (GMT+02:00) Harare, Pretoria
  • (GMT+02:00) Helsinki, Riga, Tallinn
  • (GMT+02:00) Jerusalem
  • (GMT+03:00) Baghdad
  • (GMT+03:00) Kuwait, Riyadh
  • (GMT+03:00) Nairobi
  • (GMT+03:30) Tehran
  • (GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat
  • (GMT+04:00) Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan
  • (GMT+04:00) Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd
  • (GMT+04:30) Kabul
  • (GMT+05:00) Ekaterinburg
  • (GMT+05:00) Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent
  • (GMT+05:30) Calcutta, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi
  • (GMT+05:45) Kathmandu
  • (GMT+06:00) Almaty, Novosibirsk
  • (GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka
  • (GMT+06:00) Sri Jayawardenepura
  • (GMT+06:30) Rangoon
  • (GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta
  • (GMT+07:00) Krasnoyarsk
  • (GMT+08:00) Beijing, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Urumqi
  • (GMT+08:00) Irkutsk, Ulaan Bataar
  • (GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore
  • (GMT+08:00) Perth
  • (GMT+08:00) Taipei
  • (GMT+09:00) Osaka, Sapporo, Tokyo
  • (GMT+09:00) Seoul
  • (GMT+09:00) Yakutsk
  • (GMT+09:30) Adelaide
  • (GMT+09:30) Darwin
  • (GMT+10:00) Brisbane
  • (GMT+10:00) Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney
  • (GMT+10:00) Guam, Port Moresby
  • (GMT+10:00) Hobart
  • (GMT+10:00) Vladivostok
  • (GMT+11:00) Magadan, Solomon Is., New Caledonia
  • (GMT+12:00) Auckland, Wellington
  • (GMT+12:00) Fiji, Kamchatka, Marshall Is.
  • (GMT+13:00) Nuku'alofa
  • (GMT-01:00) Azores
  • (GMT-01:00) Cape Verde Is.
  • (GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic
  • (GMT-03:00) Brasilia
  • (GMT-03:00) Buenos Aires, Georgetown
  • (GMT-03:00) Greenland
  • (GMT-03:30) Newfoundland
  • (GMT-04:00) Atlantic Time (Canada)
  • (GMT-04:00) Caracas, La Paz
  • (GMT-04:00) Santiago
  • (GMT-05:00) Bogota, Lima, Quito (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
  • (GMT-05:00) Indiana (East)
  • (GMT-06:00) Central America
  • (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
  • (GMT-06:00) Mexico City
  • (GMT-06:00) Saskatchewan
  • (GMT-07:00) Arizona
  • (GMT-07:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada)
  • (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada); Tijuana
  • (GMT-09:00) Alaska
  • (GMT-10:00) Hawaii
  • (GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa
  • (GMT-12:00) Eniwetok, Kwajalein