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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): | |
| ```bash | |
| export GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Europe/Berlin | |
| ``` | |
| You can find the name of your timezone [here](https://momentjs.com/timezone/){:target="_blank" .external-link}. | |
| Refer to [Environment variables reference](/hosting/configuration/environment-variables/timezone-localization.md) for more information on this variable. | |