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robcameron
New member | Level 2
9 years ago
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Trouble with setting time zone

My time zone is not showing correctly. If I load a file it registers as having it done it 11 hours in the past? Any help would be appreciated so I can accurately track activity in my files.
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  • robcameron's avatar
    robcameron
    New member | Level 2
    9 years ago

    I should have mentioned I have tried to adjust my time settings on several occasions. The timezone appears to be correct but the actual times displayed against each file are not representative of the times I have saved them.

    • Mark's avatar
      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      9 years ago
      That means something on the device itself is logging the wrong time on to the files, so, the phone may have a setting set on it which logs at a different time zone to what you are in (e.g. Apple's own 'use local setting' etc.).
  • annebajou's avatar
    annebajou
    New member | Level 2
    8 years ago

    I cannot change the time zone in the settings of my Dropbox account. It is stuck as GMT-05:00 Eastern?

    • Rich's avatar
      Rich
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      8 years ago
      wrote:

      I cannot change the time zone in the settings of my Dropbox account. It is stuck as GMT-05:00 Eastern?

      And you've changed the Automatic time zone switch from On to Off?

       

      Automatic time zone OnAutomatic time zone Off

      • JerryKrantman's avatar
        JerryKrantman
        Explorer | Level 4
        8 years ago

        I don't know how this will work over time, but by changing my time zone to the country of Mauritania I'm getting times within about 5 minutes of actual East Coast U.S. time.

         

        Changing my time zone to East Coast U.S. was encouraging at first, but didn't work.

         

        I hope this helps.

         

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