# 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:** ![zenofmud](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/zenofmud/32/316_2.png) [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)\
**Post date:** [23 March 2023 07:33 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/76849/3 "2023-03-23T07:33:59Z")

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Probably related to this

> [@Node-red date picker issue](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/node-red-date-picker-issue/76567):
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> I'm using node-red version 3.0.2. I observe that the date-picker node returns a random time on the date I select. This does not work for me (I want to add a specific time to the date). I observe that in github this problem was report on jul 10 of 2020 and was fixed, committed and merged the same day. But my installation is not doing what the committed code does (set hours, minutes, and seconds to 0 on the selected day). Does anyone know why this is not working and what I can do to get it to wor…

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