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title: Set the self-hosted instance timezone
description: Change the default timezone for your self-hosted n8n instance.
contentType: howto
Set the self-hosted instance timezone
The default timezone is America/New_York. For instance, the Schedule node uses it to know at what time the workflow should start. To set a different default timezone, set GENERIC_TIMEZONE to the appropriate value. For example, if you want to set the timezone to Berlin (Germany):
export GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Europe/Berlin
You can find the name of your timezone here{:target="_blank" .external-link}.
Refer to Environment variables reference for more information on this variable.