# Time confused? System is UTC, form entered time is local? But form returns wrong UTC encoding? Appears to be 1 hour off, like it is ignoring DST?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-confused-system-is-utc-form-entered-time-is-local-but-form-returns-wrong-utc-encoding-appears-to-be-1-hour-off-like-it-is-ignoring-dst/76849>\
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**Created:** [23 March 2023 04:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-confused-system-is-utc-form-entered-time-is-local-but-form-returns-wrong-utc-encoding-appears-to-be-1-hour-off-like-it-is-ignoring-dst/76849 "2023-03-23T04:05:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@jbudd](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/jbudd)\
**Post date:** [24 March 2023 20:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-confused-system-is-utc-form-entered-time-is-local-but-form-returns-wrong-utc-encoding-appears-to-be-1-hour-off-like-it-is-ignoring-dst/76849/10 "2023-03-24T20:06:13Z")

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There is a discussion of (probably) this topic at [https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-picker-in-ui-form-node-sends-wrong-time-in-output-payload/71296/54](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/time-picker-in-ui-form-node-sends-wrong-time-in-output-payload/71296/54)

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