---
title: Configuring the time zone in ABS
description: You can configure time zone API Behavioral Security (ABS).
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.2
page_id: pingintelligence:pingintelligence_reference_guide:pingintelligence_configure_time_zone
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.2/pingintelligence_reference_guide/pingintelligence_configure_time_zone.html
revdate: April 3, 2024
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  example: Example:
  choose-from: Choose from:
  next-steps: Next steps
---

# Configuring the time zone in ABS

You can configure time zone API Behavioral Security (ABS).

## About this task

To configure PingIntelligence, complete the following steps:

## Steps

* Configure the `timezone` parameter in `/pingidentity/abs/config/abs.properties` file to set up ABS AI Engine in either `local` or `UTC` time zone.

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  |   | If the `timezone` parameter is left empty, ABS runs in the `UTC` time zone by default. |

  ### Example:

  The following is a snippet of the `abs.properties` file for the `timezone` parameter.

  ```
  # Set the timezone to utc or local. The default timezone is utc.
  timezone=utc  <truncated abs.properties...>
  ```

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  |   | Make sure that API Security Enforcer (ASE), ABS AI Engine, and PingIntelligence are all configured in the same time zone. |

  ### Choose from:

  * If ABS AI Engine is deployed in a cluster, make sure to configure the same time zone on each cluster node.

  * If you have used manual installation, then you need to manually configure the time zone on each ABS node.

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    |   | You can use the [Admin REST API](pingintelligence_admin_rest_api.html) to check the current time zone setting of ABS AI Engine. If you have used automated deployment to deploy PingIntelligence, the automated deployment configures the same time zone on each ABS node. |

* To change the time zone in ABS AI Engine:

  1. Stop ABS AI Engine.

  2. Update the `timezone` parameter in the `abs.propeties` file.

  3. Start ABS AI Engine.

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     |   | For more information, see [Starting and stopping ABS](pingintelligence_starting_stopping_abs.html). |

## Next steps

For more information, see [ABS configuration - abs.properties](pingintelligence_abs_configuration.html).