#  How do time zones work in Canvas? 

 



Time zones in Canvas are available in three different flavors, and should be configured accordingly in order to display the correct time.

**System-wide time zone:** This is the default time zone set by the Canvas administrators that applies to all courses within an account (root-account setting).

**Course time zone:** This time zone setting can be changed per course to suit the needs of the teaching team; otherwise it will follow what is the default system-wide time zone

**Personal time zone:** This time zone setting should be configured by users in order to accurately scale and display the course's time zone to their own locale time.

**Note:** To see an assignment's original time zone/due date, hover over the time and due date to see both times and dates.



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ How to ](/faq-type/how)
- [ Canvas ](/platform-app/canvas)
- [ Instructional Team ](/user/instructional-team)
- [ Student ](/user/student)