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Convert Timezone

Shifts times from one time zone to another, with daylight saving handled. For example, UTC to Europe/Warsaw.

Also known as: Time zone, UTC

How it works

Each conversion row names a column, a from zone, a to zone and an optional output column. Zones are IANA names such as UTC or Europe/Warsaw; a new row starts as UTC to UTC. The node reads the timestamp as wall-clock time in the from zone and writes it as wall-clock time in the to zone, so the result is a plain timestamp with no zone attached, and daylight saving is applied per date. Leave the output blank to convert in place, or name a column to keep the original. Rows with a blank column or zone are ignored.

Inputs and outputs

Settings

conversions: [{column, fromTz, toTz, outputColumn?}]

Example

Event logs arrive in UTC and you report in Polish local time. Add a conversion: column event_utc, from UTC, to Europe/Warsaw, output event_local. The two rows below straddle the spring clock change.

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