# Frequently Asked Questions

# Can I change the timezone on my templated documents?

Jenn Dixon

- Updated 1 month ago

Yes! When you are printing something like:

```auto
{createdAt}
```
it will return a **datetime** object of default display format.

#### Understanding the default timestamp format
When a timestamp appears in a generated document (for example, in an electronic signature's "Date" column or in a "Generated by Ketryx" footer), the default format looks like this:

> `2024-07-27 14:32Z`

The `Z` at the end stands for **"Zulu time"**, which is a standard designation for **UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)**. All timestamps in Ketryx-generated documents are recorded in UTC by design — the `Z` suffix explicitly indicates this to the reader.

If you need timestamps to be displayed in a different timezone, see the section below on customizing the datetime format in your document template.

#### Changing the timezone on templated documents
You can specify a different format for the datetime object such as:

```auto
{createdAt | datetime: "yyyy-MM-dd":"US/Eastern"}
```
to return the object in a specific format based on [Unicode date format string](https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-dates.html#Date_Field_Symbol_Table) ("yyyy-MM-dd" in the example above) and/or a [tz timezone ID](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones) ("US/Eastern" in the example above). More information can be found [in this section on docs.ketryx.com](https://docs.ketryx.com/reference/document-templating#datetime).