Title: Time Zone Problem Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Time Zone Problem * Resolved [mburke79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburke79/) * (@mburke79) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/) * On my google calendar – I am importing events from another website and displaying them on my google calendar. The times are correctly displayed on the google calendar. * However, on my website, using this plugin, the times are all pushed 5 hours forward. * Can I fix this some how? * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-calendar-events/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-calendar-events/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Thread Starter [mburke79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburke79/) * (@mburke79) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/#post-5790126) * To give more detail – the issue is only with the imported calendar events. I have a calendar that is native to me (not imported). Those times are showing up correctly in my website feed. * Thread Starter [mburke79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburke79/) * (@mburke79) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/#post-5790128) * Ok more info. This is so weird! * On the imported calendar settings in Google Calendar – the time zone says GMT instead of EST which would explain the 5 hour difference – but the times are in EST on the google calendar! * [kfmitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kfmitchell/) * (@kfmitchell) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/#post-5790176) * Same issue here. I’m using [gcal id=”5453″] in a text block field; I’ve tried setting my WP timezone to New York AND then to UTC-5:00 (idea from other threads), but no luck. Now I’m trying to edit the feed code directly… * Starts: [start-time] Ends: [end-date] – [end-time] * …but I can’t get any of the functions to just subtract 5 hours from the GMT time that is showing up. * My site is under construction at a redirected-host URL, so I can’t link to it. Sorry. * [kfmitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kfmitchell/) * (@kfmitchell) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/#post-5790182) * *sigh* After trying to add the “&ctz=…” to the end of the calendar id, it gave me an error, so I deleted that portion, but now the time displays correctly. * Issue resolved, but not sure how. * Thread Starter [mburke79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburke79/) * (@mburke79) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/#post-5790207) * I never thought to set the time zone in wordpress! brilliant! That seems to have fixed the problem for me! Thanks kfmitchell! * Plugin Contributor [Nick Young](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickyoung87/) * (@nickyoung87) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/#post-5790394) * [@mburke79](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mburke79/), * Glad its working for you now. * [@kfmitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kfmitchell/), * So it only is working for you because you deleted that from the plugin code? Just trying to narrow this down so I can try and get it fixed. * Thanks! * Plugin Contributor [Nick Young](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickyoung87/) * (@nickyoung87) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/#post-5790410) * Assuming resolved since there are no recent responses here. Let us know if you have any further questions. * Thanks! * [fittypants](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fittypants/) * (@fittypants) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/#post-5790412) * I’m having a similar (if not the same) problem: * ** WP 3.9.3 GCE 2.2.1 * Calendar address: [a97stls01gftpi36pkenlq7qrge1q0eg@import.calendar.google.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/a97stls01gftpi36pkenlq7qrge1q0eg@import.calendar.google.com?output_format=md) * The originating (read-only) calendar feed: [http://ithacacity.tandemcal.com/index.php?type=export&action=ical&search_input=caroline&export_type=now_to_infinity&schools=4&limit=none&date_start=2014-09-07&page=2](http://ithacacity.tandemcal.com/index.php?type=export&action=ical&search_input=caroline&export_type=now_to_infinity&schools=4&limit=none&date_start=2014-09-07&page=2) * I simply subscribe to that calendar in Google Calendar and share it via the calendar address above. * I was able to resolve it by: - making the feed private removing it from all pages (and sidebar) where it was appearing making the feed public adding it back to the locations where it was displaying * I’m not sure which of the above triggered the correction, but the events are now displaying the correct time. * [kfmitchell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kfmitchell/) * (@kfmitchell) * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-zone-problem-3/#post-5790413) * [@nick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nick/) Young, Yes, I think that changing the code by deleting `&ctz` made it refresh somehow. I was fiddling with the plugin code a lot at the time, so there might have been something else that forced my site to adopt the WordPress T.Z. that I had set weeks before. Thanks for the plugin – my boss loves it! 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