<p>What timezone are Electrum's dates &amp; times in?</p>
<p><a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/30249/4334">This answer</a> to the question &quot;<a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/30248/4334">Are time, timereceived and blocktime in UTC?</a>&quot; says:</p>
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<p>All timestamps are in UNIX format, that is: the number of seconds since januari 1st 1970, 0:00 UTC.</p>
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<p>Is this true of Electrum's dates &amp; times, too?</p>

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2024-12-21T18:10:30.403Z
Are you asking about the Electrum GUI, or some kind of RPC/command-linr interface? I'm not familiar with Electrum, but for a GUI I cannot imagine it is anything else than your computer's local timezone.
Pieter Wuille
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2024-12-21T21:17:55.527Z
@PieterWuille Yes, the GUI.
Geremia
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2024-12-22T14:04:57.893Z
What do the dates look like?
Pieter Wuille
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What timezone are Electrum's dates & times in? UTC?
Geremia
# What timezone are Electrum's dates & times in? UTC?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-12-21)

What timezone are Electrum's dates & times in?

[This answer](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/30249/4334) to the question "[Are time, timereceived and blocktime in UTC?](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/q/30248/4334)" says:

> All timestamps are in UNIX format, that is: the number of seconds since januari 1st 1970, 0:00 UTC.

Is this true of Electrum's dates & times, too?

**Tags:** electrum, timestamp, time

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Are you asking about the Electrum GUI, or some kind of RPC/command-linr interface? I'm not familiar with Electrum, but for a GUI I cannot imagine it is anything else than your computer's local timezone.  
> **username_0**: @PieterWuille Yes, the GUI.  
> **username_1**: What do the dates look like?  

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