# Time Zone Data

**URL:** <https://forum.dimagi.com/t/time-zone-data/2550>\
**Category:** Users\
**Created:** [January 7, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/time-zone-data/2550 "2016-01-07T19:22:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jared\_Olson](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@Jared\_Olson](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Jared_Olson)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/time-zone-data/2550/1 "2016-01-07T19:22:09Z")

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Hello,

I am a part of a project that is collecting data from multiple countries  
across various time zones. I use the commcare-export tool to obtain data  
from CommCareHQ to store in a local PostgreSQL database, but the date  
fields retrieved contain no time zone information. I noticed in the  
documentation that "CommCareHQ strips all timezone information from all  
dates in forms". Is there a way to maintain time zone data in form and case  
submissions so that it can be pulled down with the commcare-export tool?  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Robin\_Selwitz](https://dimagi.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/e9a140/32.png) [@Robin\_Selwitz](https://forum.dimagi.com/u/Robin_Selwitz)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.dimagi.com/t/time-zone-data/2550/2 "2016-01-11T23:03:09Z")

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Hello,

I have sent you an email to get more information off of this thread.  
Thanks very much!

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> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 2:22 PM, wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am a part of a project that is collecting data from multiple countries  
> > across various time zones. I use the commcare-export tool to obtain data  
> > from CommCareHQ to store in a local PostgreSQL database, but the date  
> > fields retrieved contain no time zone information. I noticed in the  
> > documentation that "CommCareHQ strips all timezone information from all  
> > dates in forms". Is there a way to maintain time zone data in form and case  
> > submissions so that it can be pulled down with the commcare-export tool?  
> > Thanks.
> > 
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