--- title: "Configuring timezones" slug: "configuring-timezones" tags: ["config api", "platform", "tutorial", "api", "omnichannel manager "] updated: 2024-11-12T13:15:48Z published: 2024-11-12T13:15:48Z canonical: "docs.newstore.com/configuring-timezones" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.newstore.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Configuring timezones Use this configuration to set up a default timezone for your business. If needed, you can also enable the user's local timezone to be displayed in NewStore Omnichannel Manager. ## Configuring the default timezone When you configure a default timezone for your business, it is used across all NewStore Omnichannel Manager interfaces, dashboards, and exported CSV files containing order data. To configure a default timezone: 1. Use the [Update config](https://docs.newstore.net/api/configuration/apps/nom_platform_config_api#operation/putNOMConfig) method for NewStore Omnichannel Manager. 2. In the `timezone` property, specify the timezone that your business needs to use. > [!TIP] > Note > > If no value is provided, EST is used as the configured timezone by default. ## Enabling the user's local timezone You can configure NewStore Omnichannel Manager to display the user's local timezone, based on their browser settings. Consider enabling this configuration if your business has users across multiple timezones. This allows them to view dates and times in their local timezone. > [!TIP] > Note > > Exported CSV files with order data and dashboards use the default timezone configured for your business. The default timezone is also used for filtering data on Omnichannel Manager. To enable the user's local timezone: 1. Use the [Update config](https://docs.newstore.net/api/configuration/apps/nom_platform_config_api#operation/putNOMConfig) method for NewStore Omnichannel Manager. 2. In the `userLocalTimezone` property, specify one of the following values: > [!TIP] > Note > > If no value is provided, the timezone configured for your business is used by default. - Set `userLocalTimezone` to`true`` to change to the user's local timezone. - Set `userLocalTimezone` to`false`` to use the timezone configured for your business. **Related topics** - [Configuring order export](/v1/docs/configuring-order-export#conf-nom-export)