{"id":37906,"date":"2026-01-08T14:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/?p=37906"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:19:39","slug":"updating-your-timezone-in-canvas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/digitallearning\/blog\/updating-your-timezone-in-canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Updating your Time Zone in Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"37906\" class=\"elementor elementor-37906\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa390a1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aa390a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daa443d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"daa443d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Did you know you can update your Time Zone in Canvas?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c555a16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c555a16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"576\" data-end=\"969\">Canvas allows you to set your time zone to match your current location. 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