# Change TimeZone in AWS OEMR Express

**URL:** <https://community.open-emr.org/t/change-timezone-in-aws-oemr-express/9432>\
**Category:** Management and Administration\
**Tags:** aws\
**Created:** [December 21, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/change-timezone-in-aws-oemr-express/9432 "2017-12-21T02:38:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/change-timezone-in-aws-oemr-express/9432/2 "2017-12-21T03:54:05Z")

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@Taufik_Afandi_OT,  
Can you please check whether the below link could help you to solve the issue.

> [@Change Time zone](https://community.open-emr.org/t/change-time-zone/8790):
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> Hello i need help i change the time zone in the php file, because the time is 8 hours ahead. This is my php file in this moment: [Date] ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions ;date.timezone = America/Bogota ;date.default\_latitude = 31.7667 ;date.default\_longitude = 35.2333 ;date.sunrise\_zenith = 90.583333 ;date.sunset\_zenith = 90.583333 However, the change did not work and the time still continues ahead. I restart the apache server, try changing the default latitud…

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[ViSolve](http://www.visolve.com/hc/openemr)

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