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Interpret inspection dates across time zones

Learn how to interpret inspection dates across time zones.

Why do inspection dates appear in different time zones?

When your team works across multiple locations, inspection dates may appear in different time zones. SafetyCulture automatically displays inspection dates and times based on the time zone set on your account or device. This ensures that you see timestamps relevant to your local time, helping you interpret key inspection dates without needing to convert time zones manually.

The account's time zone is reflected on the inspection web report.

Interpret inspection dates

Editing inspections

When editing an inspection, date and time responses are displayed in your device's time zone.

The account's time zone reflects on the inspection.

Viewing inspection reports

When viewing an inspection report, date and time responses are displayed in your SafetyCulture account's time zone.

The account's time zone is reflected on the inspection web report.

For example, if your account's time zone is set to Chicago time or CST (GMT-06) and you're viewing the report of an inspection that was started by someone in Sydney time or AEST (GMT+10), then the inspection that was started on May 3rd, 9 AM in Sydney would show as May 2nd, 6 PM for you in Chicago.

Exporting inspection reports

When exporting inspection reports to PDF or Word, date and time responses are displayed in your SafetyCulture account’s time zone.

View and interpret dates and times in exported inspection reports.

Date and time responses in inspections exported as CSV or Excel file types are displayed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Viewing inspection details

When viewing inspection details on the web app and the mobile app, the date and time are displayed in your device's time zone.

View inspection details via the mobile app.

Frequently asked questions

Account time zone means the time zone that is set on your SafetyCulture account and the device timezone means the time zone setting on your mobile device and computer.

If you've never set up your SafetyCulture account's time zone, the setting will default to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

The time zone setting banner only appears when your SafetyCulture account time zone setting doesn't match your device time zone setting. We recommend that you always match the two to make sure the date and time you see are as consistent as possible.

The date and time in the web report will follow your account setting's time zone. If you don't have a specific time zone set, it'll default to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

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