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Set the time zone

The organization’s time zone sets the time shown for every date in the app and in notification emails. Set it to where your sites are, so a sample taken at 06:00 reads 06:00 for everyone.

Where
Settings › Organization Settings › General
Who
Organization administrator
  1. Select the gear () at the bottom of the left navigation, then select General.

  2. In Time zone, choose a zone. Type part of its name to search, for example Amsterdam.

  3. Select Save.

Result: the message Settings saved appears. Dates in the app show in the chosen zone, including notifications already in the inbox. Emails that were already sent do not change.

  • Every workspace that has Same as organization as its time zone: charts, sample lists, alarm history, the device page, the period picker, exports and notifications. A workspace can set its own; see Set a workspace’s time zone.
  • The organization settings pages, such as the last sign-in on Users.
  • Notification emails.

The period picker on Metrics and Flow Cytometry names the zone at the bottom, for example Times in Europe/Amsterdam (CEST). In a notification message, the app adds the zone’s abbreviation when your browser is in another time zone, for example 14:00 CEST.