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Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

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Sam Vanhoutte on 30 Jun 2015 19:51:50

We are keeping all of our time values in our data sources as UTC (as we consider this a best practice for our international customers).
However, when showing those dates in PowerBI reports, we’d love to get the option to visualize that date as a local timestamp, instead of the UTC timestamp.
I know this is not something that everyone needs as a default, but having the option to mark a field with datatype ‘utctimestamp’, for example would be a good solution.

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Daniel Deaton on 08 Dec 2023 16:36:28

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

I agree with many of the comments below. It would be great to have a time stamp show the "corrected" time per a users time zone. This should be possible, for instance I can go into the service and see refresh times in my time zone, and my manager in Houston, sees the same refresh times but in her time zone format.

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Redentor San Diego on 09 Nov 2023 23:40:42

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

Please provide the option or formula to set time zone like UTC+8 or GMT+8.

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Luis Desentis Reyes on 04 Oct 2023 23:10:01

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

"I am surprised that in 2023, a BI tool lacks support for timezones in visualization. Kindly consider implementing this feature."

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Don Thompson on 24 May 2023 19:56:50

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

Just one of many things Microsoft doesn't seem to get when it comes to the difference between serving large organizations vs mom and pops. A Power Bi report should know from the browser what time zone it is and adjust automatically.

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Ove Thoresen on 20 Apr 2023 15:48:09

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

I find it surprising that a BI tool in 2023 doesn't support timezones for visualization, Please implement.

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Gajanand Tiwari on 23 Aug 2022 07:25:27

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

Pls provide the option or formula to change the any time zone like UTC to CST or IST

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Wim De Wilde on 12 Jan 2022 07:54:56

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

We are working with D365 Project Operations which needs additional reporting.Due to this issue we are not able to build consistent reports for our customers.This should be solved very urgently!

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Saif Uddin on 17 Nov 2021 09:21:04

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

This issue should have been implemented from the beginning. This shows us how inferior Power BI is.

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Gerald Brose on 24 Sep 2021 07:11:08

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

PLEASE implement, this should have been supported from the beginning!

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Christian Jørgensen on 02 Sep 2021 06:20:54

RE: Support for visualization of UTC timestamps

We are a global company and being able to show datetimes in the local users timezone is a must. I am amazed that this simple feature is not possible without major workarounds! Please implement!