From 863de8a2e9d69e2fc366771f987c9176c90d8a2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Emil <73137047+h0lm1@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 19:03:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] update documentation on self-hosted psql timezone management (#35801) * update documentation on self-hosted psql timezone management * Update apps/docs/content/guides/database/postgres/configuration.mdx --------- Co-authored-by: Charis <26616127+charislam@users.noreply.github.com> --- .../content/guides/database/postgres/configuration.mdx | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/apps/docs/content/guides/database/postgres/configuration.mdx b/apps/docs/content/guides/database/postgres/configuration.mdx index 2146c516fea..ca8ff63297e 100644 --- a/apps/docs/content/guides/database/postgres/configuration.mdx +++ b/apps/docs/content/guides/database/postgres/configuration.mdx @@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ This data can further be used in conjunction with the [`explain`](https://www.po ## Managing timezones -Every Supabase database is set to UTC timezone by default. We strongly recommend keeping it this way, even if your users are in a different location. -This is because it makes it much easier to calculate differences between timezones if you adopt the mental model that everything in your database is in UTC time. +Every hosted Supabase database is set to UTC timezone by default. We strongly recommend keeping it this way, even if your users are in a different location. This is because it makes it much easier to calculate differences between timezones if you adopt the mental model that everything in your database is in UTC time. + + + +On self-hosted databases, the timezone defaults to your local timezone. We recommend [changing this to UTC](/docs/guides/database/postgres/configuration#change-timezone) for the same reasons. + + ### Change timezone