# PBS time doesn't match system time **URL:** \ **Category:** Users/Site Administrators\ **Created:** [November 18, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-time-doesnt-match-system-time/1314 "2018-11-18T13:02:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce73a5/32.png) [@Watson](https://community.openpbs.org/u/Watson)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-time-doesnt-match-system-time/1314/1 "2018-11-18T13:02:43Z")
PBS thinks its UTC timezone. How do I move this to my time zone? The manual talks about setting the PBS\_TZID enviornment variable for the submission host, but i’m not sure this is the right thing to do. Anyways how do i set this env variable? Thanks, Lee ---
**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-time-doesnt-match-system-time/1314/2 "2018-11-18T17:36:24Z")
Please set it in one of the below methods: 1. pbs\_environment ( location : $PBS\_HOME/pbs\_environment , after updating **this file restart pbs services** ) Refer : 8.7 Paths and Environment Variables [https://www.pbsworks.com/pdfs/PBS18.2\_BigBook.pdf](https://www.pbsworks.com/pdfs/PBS18.2_BigBook.pdf) 2. Add the PBS\_TZID value to the .bashrc file of the respective user(s) ---
**Author:** ![Watson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce73a5/32.png) [@Watson](https://community.openpbs.org/u/Watson)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/pbs-time-doesnt-match-system-time/1314/3 "2018-11-18T22:10:54Z")
Used method 1. TZ=US/Eastern then systemctl restart pbs Worked. It took a minute after the restart to start rerading the right time, which was suprising. I thought it didn’t work, but eventually it started displaying the right time. Thank you for your help! Lee