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It's already built into the ",[33,668,39],{}," node, so you don't need to install anything.",[67,671,672,680,685],{},[70,673,674,675,677,678,86],{},"Open a ",[33,676,39],{}," node and set it to modify ",[83,679,85],{},[70,681,682,683,86],{},"In the \"to\" dropdown, pick ",[33,684,176],{},[70,686,687],{},"Use JSONata's date functions to format your timestamp.",[18,689,690,691,693],{},"Basic syntax for a timestamp in ",[83,692,85],{},":",[596,695,698],{"className":696,"code":697,"language":601},[599],"$fromMillis(payload, '[M]\u002F[D]\u002F[Y]')\n",[83,699,697],{"__ignoreMap":12},[18,701,702,703,705,706,86],{},"This takes the timestamp in ",[83,704,85],{}," and converts it to ",[33,707,708],{},"\"12\u002F11\u002F2024\"",[62,710,712],{"id":711},"jsonata-codes","JSONata Codes",[18,714,715,716,40],{},"JSONata uses square brackets, but the codes are different from the 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Time Zones",[18,802,803],{},"When you're working inside Node-RED, the timezone for any operation follows the system timezone of the machine running Node-RED. If your server is in New York, timestamps will show Eastern time. If it's in London, you'll see GMT\u002FBST.",[18,805,806,807,809],{},"But what if you need to display times in a different timezone? The ",[33,808,265],{}," node handles all of this.",[42,811,813],{"id":812},"converting-to-a-different-timezone","Converting to a Different Timezone",[18,815,816,817,819],{},"Open your ",[33,818,265],{}," node and you'll see two timezone fields:",[102,821,822,828],{},[70,823,824,827],{},[33,825,826],{},"Input Timezone"," - The timezone your timestamp is currently in.",[70,829,830,833],{},[33,831,832],{},"Output Timezone"," - The timezone you want to convert to.",[18,835,836,837,75,840,86],{},"Type in the timezone you want—like ",[83,838,839],{},"America\u002FNew_York",[83,841,842],{},"Asia\u002FTokyo",[62,844,846],{"id":845},"finding-timezone-names","Finding Timezone Names:",[18,848,643,849,851],{},[33,850,265],{}," node uses the IANA timezone database. These are names like:",[102,853,854,859,865],{},[70,855,856,858],{},[83,857,839],{}," (Eastern time)",[70,860,861,864],{},[83,862,863],{},"Europe\u002FLondon"," (GMT\u002FBST)",[70,866,867,869],{},[83,868,842],{}," (Japan time)",[18,871,872,873,86],{},"You can find the complete list at ",[192,874,877],{"href":875,"rel":876},"https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FList_of_tz_database_time_zones",[196],"wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FList_of_tz_database_time_zones",[42,879,881],{"id":880},"working-example","Working Example",[18,883,884],{},"Let's display the current time in three different timezones:",[67,886,887,894,900,909,932],{},[70,888,889,890,893],{},"Add an ",[33,891,892],{},"Inject"," node (set to timestamp).",[70,895,896,897,899],{},"Add three ",[33,898,265],{}," nodes after it.",[70,901,902,903,905,906],{},"Set a common ",[33,904,297],{}," in all three: ",[83,907,908],{},"MMMM D, YYYY h:mm A z",[70,910,911,912,914,915],{},"Set the ",[33,913,832],{}," in each:\n",[102,916,917,922,927],{},[70,918,919,920],{},"First node: ",[83,921,839],{},[70,923,924,925],{},"Second node: ",[83,926,863],{},[70,928,929,930],{},"Third node: ",[83,931,842],{},[70,933,934,935,938,939,40],{},"Connect a ",[33,936,937],{},"debug"," node to each ",[33,940,265],{},[18,942,943,944,946],{},"When you click ",[33,945,892],{},", you’ll see the formatted time in three different timezones.",[42,948,950],{"id":949},"jsonata-timezone-handling","JSONata Timezone Handling",[18,952,953,954,693],{},"JSONata can also handle timezones by providing the offset in the third parameter of ",[83,955,956],{},"$fromMillis()",[596,958,961],{"className":959,"code":960,"language":601},[599],"$fromMillis(payload, '[M]\u002F[D]\u002F[Y] [h]:[m01] [P]', '-0500')\n",[83,962,960],{"__ignoreMap":12},[18,964,965,966,969,970,972],{},"The offset is a string like ",[83,967,968],{},"-0500"," (5 hours behind UTC). 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