Change your time zone

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NOTE: Users can set their time zone in their profile. New users do not have a default time zone and must explicitly set it before it displays on their profile. On GitLab.com, the default time zone is UTC.

The default time zone in GitLab is UTC, but you can change it to your liking.

To update the time zone of your GitLab instance:

1. The specified time zone must be in tz format. You can use the timedatectl command to see the available time zones:

   timedatectl list-timezones

2. Change the time zone, for example to America/New_York.

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:::TabTitle Linux package (Omnibus)

1. Edit /etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb:

   gitlab_rails['time_zone'] = 'America/New_York'

2. Save the file, then reconfigure and restart GitLab:

   sudo gitlab-ctl reconfigure
   sudo gitlab-ctl restart

:::TabTitle Helm chart (Kubernetes)

1. Export the Helm values:

   helm get values gitlab > gitlab_values.yaml

2. Edit gitlab_values.yaml:

   global:
     time_zone: 'America/New_York'

3. Save the file and apply the new values:

   helm upgrade -f gitlab_values.yaml gitlab gitlab/gitlab

:::TabTitle Docker

1. Edit docker-compose.yml:

   version: "3.6"
   services:
     gitlab:
       environment:
         GITLAB_OMNIBUS_CONFIG: |
           gitlab_rails['time_zone'] = 'America/New_York'

2. Save the file and restart GitLab:

   docker compose up -d

:::TabTitle Self-compiled (source)

1. Edit /home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml:

   production: &base
     gitlab:
       time_zone: 'America/New_York'

2. Save the file and restart GitLab:

   # For systems running systemd
   sudo systemctl restart gitlab.target
   
   # For systems running SysV init
   sudo service gitlab restart

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