---
title: Configuring time zone in the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard
description: This topic discusses the steps involved in configuring the time zone settings in the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard.
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.2
page_id: pingintelligence:pingintelligence_reference_guide:pingintelligence_configure_time_zone_dashboard
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.2/pingintelligence_reference_guide/pingintelligence_configure_time_zone_dashboard.html
revdate: April 3, 2024
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Configuring time zone in the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard

This topic discusses the steps involved in configuring the time zone settings in the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard.

## About this task

You can set up the PingIntelligence Dashboard in either `local` or `utc` time zone. The Dashboard by default runs in the UTC time zone. You can configure the following parameters to set the time zone.

| Parameter                   | File name                                                                                           | Description                                                        |
| --------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `pi.webgui.server.timezone` | This parameter must be configured in `<pi_install_dir>/webgui/config/webgui.properties` file.       | The valid values are `local` or `utc`. The default value is `utc`. |
| `dashboard.timezone`        | This parameter must be configured in `<pi_install_dir>/dashboard/config/dashboard.properties` file. | The valid values are `local` or `utc`. The default value is `utc`. |

The following is a snippet of `webgui.properties` for time zone parameter:

```
# Timezone configuration
# valid values: local, utc
pi.webgui.server.timezone=local

<truncated webgui.properties...>
```

The following is a snippet of `dashboard.properties` for time zone parameter:

```
# Timezone configuration
# valid values: local, utc
dashboard.timezone=local

<truncated dashboard.properties...>
```

|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| - | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|   | Make sure that the time zone parameter is set to the same value in both `webgui.properties` and `dashboard.properties`. Also make sure that ASE, the ABS AI engine, and the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard are all configured on the same time zone. |

To change the time zone in PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard, complete the following steps:

## Steps

1. Stop the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard.

2. Update the `timezone` parameters in the `webgui.properties` and`dashboard.properties` files.

3. Start the PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard.

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   |   | For more information, see [Starting and stopping thePingIntelligenceDashboard](pingintelligence_dashboard_start_stop.html). |