Wrong Timezone in Firefox Browser
Hi there,
I've searched and tried all the solutions I could find, but my FF browser still shows my timezone as Central, which is two hours ahead of my timezone, Pacific. MS Edge displays correctly, it's just FF that has the issue. There are a couple of add-ins that say they can update the timezone in FF, but not sure if I should use them (not trusted).
I verified that privacy.resistFingerprinting is set on false. Also, my control panel timezone is correct and set as Pacific, but just to see if it would correct it, I changed it and did a restart, changed it again and did a restart, and FF is still displaying Central time.
Thanks in advance for your help...
Jim
All Replies (11)
Thanks Dropa. My system O/S time is correct as Pacific. I would think that the ISP may be a possibility, except that MS Edge browser displays correctly for me on the web portal page where I need the time to be correct. Also, other local user's times are correct in FireFox.
The timezone displays incorrectly in a private web portal (appointment times) using FF. Using Edge, the appointment times are correct.
At first I assumed it was the portal that had the issue, then they confirmed proper settings on their end. Also other user's TZ was displaying correctly in there using FF, and Edge displays correctly for me.
Current Pacific time is 12:59:55 PM. However, when I enter the following script into the FF Web Console - (new Date()).toLocaleString() Here is what it returns:
"6/20/2022, 2:59:55 PM"
What gives this longer version ?
- (new Date()).toLocaleString("en-US",{weekday:"long",day:"numeric",month:"long",year:"numeric",hour:"numeric",minute:"numeric",second:"numeric",hour12:false,timeZoneName:"short"});
You can also check other timeZoneName choices like timeZoneName:"shortGeneric".
Are you using a proxy or VPN?
no, no proxy or VPN...
Also, I'm not a developer, but found that longer script looking around for solutions...
Tough one, right? I saw that someone else said to delete their profile, but I have too many saved items and passwords...
What timezone do you get if you paste this code in the Web Console ?
You should see the result without needing to press the Enter key.
- (new Date()).toLocaleString("en-US",{timeZoneName:"long"});
- (new Date()).toLocaleString("en-US",{timeZoneName:"short"});
- (new Date()).toLocaleString("en-US",{timeZoneName:"shortGeneric"});
All three return Central time, and not pacific...