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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Change Data and time Irrespective of Users Time zone</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/39878/change-data-and-time-irrespective-of-users-time-zone</link><description>I have a requirement in Appian. Let&amp;#39;s assume I&amp;#39;m logging in from India, so my Appian application time zone is set to IST. 
 However, the requirement is that — regardless of the user&amp;#39;s time zone — all date and time values should be displayed in CST on</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Change Data and time Irrespective of Users Time zone</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/152182?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:10:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:e60d0ba3-49c2-43fd-a29f-256c64dbce88</guid><dc:creator>Mike Schmitt</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ll jump in here and - affirming Shubham&amp;#39;s suggested recipe as the likely solution - you will find this a lot less confusing to deal with if you abstract all such functionality behind an Expression Rule (or perhaps a small handful of different rules to handle different related pieces of this functionality) - as this will make it quite a bit easier to test out and keep up with as your system expands, and you&amp;#39;re faced with potential future requirement shifts / additions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Change Data and time Irrespective of Users Time zone</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/152178?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:24:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:b9714640-2bf6-4c35-bae9-cc0c5467f13c</guid><dc:creator>Shubham Aware</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Working example&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;pre class="ui-code" data-mode="text"&gt;a!localVariables(
  local!now:now(),
text(
  local(
    gmt(now()),
    &amp;quot;CST&amp;quot;
  ),
  &amp;quot;MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm a&amp;quot;
)
)
&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Change Data and time Irrespective of Users Time zone</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/152175?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 07:03:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:21e8d2d4-c339-40da-adaa-4cfc23168b34</guid><dc:creator>Stefan Helzle</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Let me look up the function for you ...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a id="" href="https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/25.3/fnc_date_and_time_gmt.html"&gt;https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/25.3/fnc_date_and_time_gmt.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>