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How to Change Time Zone Setting in Google Sheets

In this article, you will learn how to change your time zone setting in Google Sheets. This change may be necessary when you need to record your edit history or use time-related functions with time in a specific time zone, which is different from the time zone in which you usually work.

How to make a change in your time zone setting in Google Sheets

  1. Open a worksheet in Google Sheets.
  2. Navigate to the “File” tab and select “Setting”, which shows a pop-up window.
  3. Ensure you are in the “General” tab.
  4. Choose a time zone you want to set in “Time zone”.
  5. Glick “Save settings” at the bottom right in the pop-up window.

Steps 1 and 2

How to go to “Settings for this spreadsheet”

Steps 3 and 5

How to change your time zone setting in Google Sheets

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Other formulas related to date and time

If you don’t get the correct answer to your question in this article or have other questions related to date and/or time, you may find the answers in the following articles.

Formulas related to dates

How to Use EDATE Function in Google Sheets - understand a date before/after a specific number of days

DAYS Function in Google Sheets: Explained - calculate the number of days between the two dates

WORKDAY Function in Google Sheets: Explained - show the ending date based on inputs of specific starting date and the number of working days, excluding holidays

NETWORKDAYS Function in Google Sheets: Explained - calculate the number of working days between two dates, excluding holidays

EOMONTH Function in Google Sheets: Explained - understand an end date of a month

DATEVALUE Function in Google Sheets: Explained - convert a date into a serial number

YEAR Function in Google Sheets: Explained - extract the year from a given date

MONTH Function in Google Sheets: Explained - the month from a given date

DAY Function in Google Sheets: Explained - the day from a given date

DATE Function in Google Sheets: Explained - create a date value based on year, month, and day input

Formulas related to time

How to Insert Current Time in Google Sheets - NOW function

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