Change This Setting Now! Google Sheets has More than 1 Timezone Setting
Learn how to manage multiple time zone settings in Google Sheets and Apps Script to ensure your automations run at the correct times. This video provides essential tips that can save you from potential headaches when working with time-sensitive data.
I've been designing spreadsheets and automations for beyond 10 years, and this tripped me up myself for the first couple of years. There is a different time setting for your sheet and for your Apps Script . So I'm gonna show you in this video where to actually set the time zone , It's going to save you a lot of headache , if you're using any kind of automation, this is going to help Okay, you definitely know where to change your time zone here over on File, Settings. And then you're gonna make sure your locale is correct. If you're not in the United States, gotta change that. And make sure your time zone is correct. If it's Eastern Time or any other time, just set it right here. And you probably know this already, but this next place I bet you didn't even know, because I didn't even know this for years. Every Locale Listed in Google Sheets and a Tool to Save Your Sanity Every Locale Listed in Google Sheets and a Tool to Save Your Sanity Spreadsheet Automation for Beginners TWO SHEET TIMEZONES
So go to up here, Extensions, Apps Script Now this sheet doesn't have any automations yet. If yours already has automations and they're firing at the wrong time, this is gonna help you a lot. Go over to Project Settings on the left side, and here we have a time zone . This time zone is different and different setting than your sheet time zone , so you're gonna need to change this to your time zone that you want your automations to run at. So we need to, like, go and find Eastern Standard Time here Here we got New York, and I don't know why, but they are slightly different. You saw on the other one there was Eastern Time. This has Toronto and New York and Indiana for some reason. You can always just pick your own, your nearest city if you want, but change this. What Can You Automate in Google Sheets? Every single trigger available to Google Sheet users Every Locale Listed in Google Sheets and a Tool to Save Your Sanity Automated Project Management in Google Sheets TWO SHEET TIMEZONES
It's automatically saved once you change it. And so now I can write some automations, and if I use the triggers to trigger those, they'll actually run at the right time You're watching Better Sheets here on YouTube. You have two options here for your next video. Before you go, comment down below if you have any question whatsoever, and I'll make future videos from those questions. But for right here, right now, one of these videos could be your next Google Sheet What Can You Automate in Google Sheets? Every single trigger available to Google Sheet users Email Yourself a Cell from a Google Sheet, Every Day Google Sheets Stories? No! But we'll add timestamped video notes to your google sheets. Happy Sheet