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title: "Query Export Time Zones"
slug: "query-export-time-zones"
status: "new"
updated: 2026-07-01T16:36:21Z
published: 2026-07-01T16:36:21Z
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# Query Export Time Zones

> [!TIP]
> 🏔️ Summit 2026 Feature
> 
> Export date and time values in the time zone your downstream audience expects.

Query export time zones add per-export control over how date and time values appear in query output. If a recipient expects exported timestamps in a specific time zone, such as your database time zone or a vendor-required time zone, this lets you accommodate their expectations.

## Setting a query export’s time zone

1. Go to **Queries / Reports**.
2. Open a query that contains an export with a **Format Type** of **Date/Time**.
3. Select **Edit** for the export.
4. Configure the following settings:
  - **Time Zone:** Select the time zone that should appear in the exported value.
  - **Time Zone (Source):** If Slate cannot infer the source time zone for the value, select the time zone that the stored value should be interpreted in before conversion.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/Configure an export's time zone.png)
5. Select **Save**.
6. To test immediately, return to the query summary and select **Run Query**. To send the export on a schedule, select **Schedule Export** from the query editor.
7. Review the query output or exported file to confirm that the value appears in the expected time zone.

> [!WARNING]
> 📝 Note
> 
> Time zone conversion affects the exported value only. It does not change the stored date or time value in Slate.

## Choosing source and display time zones

Slate converts the value from the source time zone to the display time zone. Slate can infer the source time zone for some system-defined values. If the export comes from a value where the source time zone is not known, such as a custom field, specify the source time zone in the export settings.

Use the display time zone to define the time zone that should appear in the exported file.

## Examples

**Admissions 🪪**

Send event times to a partner in the event-local time zone so campus visit schedules are interpreted correctly.

**Student Success 🎓**

Export advising appointment timestamps in the institution time zone for a central analytics team.

**Advancement 🤝**

Convert gift activity timestamps to the time zone expected by a campaign vendor.