---
title: Configuring time zone in ASE
description: You can set up the API Security Enforcer (ASE) in either the local orUTC time zone by configuring the timezone parameter in the /pingidentity/ase/config/ase.conf file.
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.2
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canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingintelligence/5.2/pingintelligence_reference_guide/pingintelligence_configuring_time_zone.html
revdate: April 3, 2024
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  example: Example:
  next-steps: Next steps
---

# Configuring time zone in ASE

You can set up the API Security Enforcer (ASE) in either the `local` or`UTC` time zone by configuring the `timezone` parameter in the `/pingidentity/ase/config/ase.conf` file.

## About this task

All of the management, access, and audit logs capture the time based on the time zone configured in `ase.conf` file. If the`timezone` parameter is left empty, ASE runs in the `UTC` time zone by default. The following is a snippet of `ase.conf` for timezone parameter:

```
; Set the timezone to utc or local. The default timezone is utc.
timezone=local

<truncated ase.conf...>
```

To change the time zone in ASE, complete the following steps:

## Steps

1. Stop ASE.

2. Update the `timezone` parameter in the `ase.conf` file.

3. Start ASE.

4. Use ASE `status` command to check ASE's current time zone.

   ### Example:

   ```
   #./bin/cli.sh -u admin -p status
   API Security Enforcer
   status              : started
   mode                : inline
   http/ws             : port 8080
   https/wss           : port 8443
   firewall            : enabled
   abs                 : disabled, ssl: enabled
   abs attack          : disabled
   audit               : enabled
   ase detected attack : disabled
   attack list memory  : configured 128.00 MB, used 25.60 MB, free 102.40 MB
   log level           : warn
   timezone            : local (MST)
   ```

   |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
   | - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
   |   | If ASE is deployed in a cluster, make sure to configure the same time zone on each cluster node. If you have used automated deployment to deploy PingIntelligence, the automated deployment configures the same time zone on each ASE node.If you have used manual installation, then you must manually configure the time zone on each ASE node. |

## Next steps

Make sure that ASE, the API Behavioral Security (ABS) AI Engine, and PingIntelligence for APIs Dashboard are all configured on the same time zone.