# Temporarily change the display time zone for searches in kibana
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/temporarily-change-the-display-time-zone-for-searches-in-kibana/352337
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [February 1, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/temporarily-change-the-display-time-zone-for-searches-in-kibana/352337 "2024-02-01T21:34:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Russell\_Fulton](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Russell_Fulton)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/temporarily-change-the-display-time-zone-for-searches-in-kibana/352337/1 "2024-02-01T21:34:23Z")
We have kibana setup to display timestamp in local time (+1200/1300). Occasionally we need to send search result to external parties on other time zone. When doing this I like to have the timestamps in UTC -- everyone knows how to convert UTC to their own timezone. Many of us have problem converting between arbitrary timezone. Some tools barf on +1300!
I would like to be able to get the results displayed or exported in UTC for a specific query.
Is this possible _without_ setting up a separate space. The problems with separate space is that we need to duplicate a heap of dashboards : (. I have also looked at changing the time zone in the browser (chrome) but while possible it is a pain in the proverbial.
In security circles it is standard to use UTC when sharing data.
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### Author:  [@jsanz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jsanz)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/temporarily-change-the-display-time-zone-for-searches-in-kibana/352337/2 "2024-02-02T15:40:06Z")
Seems the ideal solution would be to use Spaces with shared dashboards but that project is still in development you can check a meta issue [here](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/167901).
The other solution you mention is about doing that in the browser. I haven't tried them but seems there are extensions for both [chrome](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/change-timezone-for-googl/cejckpjfigehbeecbbfhangbknpidcnh?pli=1) and [firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/change-timezone-time-shift/). Aren't they working for you?
If any of this wolk for you I'd suggest to open a feature request at the Kibana repository for better discussion with the dev team.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/temporarily-change-the-display-time-zone-for-searches-in-kibana/352337/3 "2024-03-01T15:41:06Z")
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