Time Zone (Environment setting)

Tools that honor the Time Zone environment will specify the time zone in which the date fields are stored.

Usage notes

• If a layer contains date fields with dates stored in a local time zone, such as eastern standard time, specify the time zone in which the dates are recorded. This allows the data to correctly store date and time values and allows clients from different time zones to display the values in the time zone in which the data was created.

• If the output is a scene layer package, the date fields are encoded in ECMA ISO 8601 standard as UTC or as a user-specified time zone.

Dialog syntax

Time Zone—The time zone in which the date fields are stored.

Python syntax

arcpy.env.timeZone = time_zone

Name

Explanation

time_zone

The time zone in which the data fields are stored. AUS_Central_Standard_Time—AUS Central Standard Time AUS_Eastern_Standard_Time—AUS Eastern Standard Time Afghanistan_Standard_Time—Afghanistan Standard Time Alaskan_Standard_Time—Alaskan Standard Time Aleutian_Standard_Time—Aleutian Standard Time Altai_Standard_Time—Altai Standard Time Arab_Standard_Time—Arab Standard Time Arabian_Standard_Time—Arabian Standard Time Arabic_Standard_Time—Arabic Standard Time Argentina_Standard_Time—Argentina Standard Time Astrakhan_Standard_Time—Astrakhan Standard Time Atlantic_Standard_Time—Atlantic Standard Time Aus_Central_W._Standard_Time—Aus Central W. Standard Time Azerbaijan_Standard_Time—Azerbaijan Standard Time Azores_Standard_Time—Azores Standard Time Bahia_Standard_Time—Bahia Standard Time Bangladesh_Standard_Time—Bangladesh Standard Time Belarus_Standard_Time—Belarus Standard Time Bougainville_Standard_Time—Bougainville Standard Time Canada_Central_Standard_Time—Canada Central Standard Time Cape_Verde_Standard_Time—Cape Verde Standard Time Caucasus_Standard_Time—Caucasus Standard Time Cen._Australia_Standard_Time—Cen. Australia Standard Time Central_America_Standard_Time—Central America Standard Time Central_Asia_Standard_Time—Central Asia Standard Time Central_Brazilian_Standard_Time—Central Brazilian Standard Time Central_Europe_Standard_Time—Central Europe Standard Time Central_European_Standard_Time—Central European Standard Time Central_Pacific_Standard_Time—Central Pacific Standard Time Central_Standard_Time—Central Standard Time Central_Standard_Time_(Mexico)—Central Standard Time (Mexico) Chatham_Islands_Standard_Time—Chatham Islands Standard Time China_Standard_Time—China Standard Time Cuba_Standard_Time—Cuba Standard Time Dateline_Standard_Time—Dateline Standard Time E._Africa_Standard_Time—E. Africa Standard Time E._Australia_Standard_Time—E. Australia Standard Time E._Europe_Standard_Time—E. Europe Standard Time E._South_America_Standard_Time—E. South America Standard Time Easter_Island_Standard_Time—Easter Island Standard Time Eastern_Standard_Time—Eastern Standard Time Eastern_Standard_Time_(Mexico)—Eastern Standard Time (Mexico) Egypt_Standard_Time—Egypt Standard Time Ekaterinburg_Standard_Time—Ekaterinburg Standard Time FLE_Standard_Time—FLE Standard Time Fiji_Standard_Time—Fiji Standard Time GMT_Standard_Time—GMT Standard Time GTB_Standard_Time—GTB Standard Time Georgian_Standard_Time—Georgian Standard Time Greenland_Standard_Time—Greenland Standard Time Greenwich_Standard_Time—Greenwich Standard Time Haitian_Standard_Time—Haiti Standard Time Hawaiian_Standard_Time—Hawaiian Standard Time India_Standard_Time—India Standard Time Iran_Standard_Time—Iran Standard Time Israel_Standard_Time—Israel Standard Time Jordan_Standard_Time—Jordan Standard Time Kaliningrad_Standard_Time—Kaliningrad Standard Time Kamchatka_Standard_Time—Kamchatka Standard Time Korea_Standard_Time—Korea Standard Time Libya_Standard_Time—Libya Standard Time Line_Islands_Standard_Time—Line Islands Standard Time Lord_Howe_Standard_Time—Lord Howe Standard Time Magadan_Standard_Time—Magadan Standard Time Magallanes_Standard_Time—Magallanes Standard Time Marquesas_Standard_Time—Marquesas Standard Time Mauritius_Standard_Time—Mauritius Standard Time Mid-Atlantic_Standard_Time—Mid-Atlantic Standard Time Middle_East_Standard_Time—Middle East Standard Time Montevideo_Standard_Time—Montevideo Standard Time Morocco_Standard_Time—Morocco Standard Time Mountain_Standard_Time—Mountain Standard Time Mountain_Standard_Time_(Mexico)—Mountain Standard Time (Mexico) Myanmar_Standard_Time—Myanmar Standard Time N._Central_Asia_Standard_Time—N. Central Asia Standard Time Namibia_Standard_Time—Namibia Standard Time Nepal_Standard_Time—Nepal Standard Time New_Zealand_Standard_Time—New Zealand Standard Time Newfoundland_Standard_Time—Newfoundland Standard Time Norfolk_Standard_Time—Norfolk Standard Time North_Asia_East_Standard_Time—North Asia East Standard Time North_Asia_Standard_Time—North Asia Standard Time North_Korea_Standard_Time—North Korea Standard Time Omsk_Standard_Time—Omsk Standard Time Pacific_SA_Standard_Time—Pacific SA Standard Time Pacific_Standard_Time—Pacific Standard Time Pacific_Standard_Time_(Mexico)—Pacific Standard Time (Mexico) Pakistan_Standard_Time—Pakistan Standard Time Paraguay_Standard_Time—Paraguay Standard Time Qyzylorda_Standard_Time—Qyzylorda Standard Time Romance_Standard_Time—Romance Standard Time Russia_Time_Zone_10—Russia Time Zone 10 Russia_Time_Zone_11—Russia Time Zone 11 Russia_Time_Zone_3—Russia Time Zone 3 Russian_Standard_Time—Russian Standard Time SA_Eastern_Standard_Time—SA Eastern Standard Time SA_Pacific_Standard_Time—SA Pacific Standard Time SA_Western_Standard_Time—SA Western Standard Time SE_Asia_Standard_Time—SE Asia Standard Time Saint_Pierre_Standard_Time—Saint Pierre Standard Time Sakhalin_Standard_Time—Sakhalin Standard Time Samoa_Standard_Time—Samoa Standard Time Sao_Tome_Standard_Time—Sao Tome Standard Time Saratov_Standard_Time—Saratov Standard Time Singapore_Standard_Time—Singapore Standard Time South_Africa_Standard_Time—South Africa Standard Time South_Sudan_Standard_Time—South Sudan Standard Time Sri_Lanka_Standard_Time—Sri Lanka Standard Time Sudan_Standard_Time—Sudan Standard Time Syria_Standard_Time—Syria Standard Time Taipei_Standard_Time—Taipei Standard Time Tasmania_Standard_Time—Tasmania Standard Time Tocantins_Standard_Time—Tocantins Standard Time Tokyo_Standard_Time—Tokyo Standard Time Tomsk_Standard_Time—Tomsk Standard Time Tonga_Standard_Time—Tonga Standard Time Transbaikal_Standard_Time—Transbaikal Standard Time Turkey_Standard_Time—Turkey Standard Time Turks_And_Caicos_Standard_Time—Turks And Caicos Standard Time US_Eastern_Standard_Time—US Eastern Standard Time US_Mountain_Standard_Time—US Mountain Standard Time UTC—UTC UTC+12—UTC+12 UTC+13—UTC+13 UTC-02—UTC-02 UTC-08—UTC-08 UTC-09—UTC-09 UTC-11—UTC-11 Ulaanbaatar_Standard_Time—Ulaanbaatar Standard Time Venezuela_Standard_Time—Venezuela Standard Time Vladivostok_Standard_Time—Vladivostok Standard Time Volgograd_Standard_Time—Volgograd Standard Time W._Australia_Standard_Time—W. Australia Standard Time W._Central_Africa_Standard_Time—W. Central Africa Standard Time W._Europe_Standard_Time—W. Europe Standard Time W._Mongolia_Standard_Time—W. Mongolia Standard Time West_Asia_Standard_Time—West Asia Standard Time West_Bank_Standard_Time—West Bank Standard Time West_Pacific_Standard_Time—West Pacific Standard Time Yakutsk_Standard_Time—Yakutsk Standard Time Yukon_Standard_Time—Yukon Standard Time

Scripting syntax

import arcpy

# Set the timeZone environment to United States pacific standard time
arcpy.env.timeZone = "Pacific_Standard_Time"

Related topics

• Geoprocessing environment settings