# Timezone Configuration

**Configure how dates are displayed in your Partner Dashboard**

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## Timezone Configuration during Onboarding

When you first set up your Alternative Payments account during Onboarding, you’ll be asked to set up your timezone preferences. You can:

* **Set one timezone for all users** in your company, or
* **Continue using each user’s local timezone**.

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## Changing Timezone Settings from the Partner Dashboard

**Admin users** can update the timezone setting directly from the Partner Dashboard:

1. Go to **Company Profile** in your Partner Dashboard.
2. Locate the **Timezone** field.
3. Select your preferred timezone or choose to use local user timezones.
4. Save your changes.

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{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important:** This change applies to **all users** in your company, not just the Admin user who makes the update.
{% endhint %}

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## Understanding the Timezone Settings

**Timezone field:** This option allows you to set a single timezone for all users in the Partner Dashboard.

**Use my local timezone:** Disables the company-wide timezone field. Each user will then see dates in their own local timezone. If your company has users in different time zones, their dashboards will display dates differently.

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## Invoice fields that are always displayed in UTC

Some invoice fields always use UTC to stay consistent with integrations:

* **Invoice Creation Date**
* **Invoice Due Date**

These fields will not be affected by your timezone settings.

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