# Timerswitch triggering at wrong time, timezone offset?
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timerswitch-triggering-at-wrong-time-timezone-offset/21801
**Category:** General
**Created:** [16 February 2020 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timerswitch-triggering-at-wrong-time-timezone-offset/21801 "2020-02-16T16:05:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@RudyFiero](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RudyFiero)
#### Post date: [16 February 2020 16:05 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timerswitch-triggering-at-wrong-time-timezone-offset/21801/1 "2020-02-16T16:05:39Z")
I am using Node-red 1.0.3. I am having a problem with node-red-contrib-timerswitch 1.2.4
> **[node-red-contrib-timerswitch](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-timerswitch)**
>
> An easy, intuitive and precise node-red timer that allows you to turn something on/off multiple times a day and supports schedules as low as 1 second.
The time set to trigger an event is off by six hours. I am in GMT-6 so I assume the problem I am having is related to the time zone offset. I have a different node that shows the time on the dashboard and it has the correct local time, so I expect that my Raspberry Pi is set to the correct time zone.
I have used node-red-contrib-timerswitch at work on a setup R-Pi setup there and I am get switch events correctly. I don't know what the versions are but I think they may not be current.
What should I check to help find the issue?
Programmed time is 15:39:03,
message using debug happens at 9:39:08 AM
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### Author:  [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)
#### Post date: [16 February 2020 16:20 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timerswitch-triggering-at-wrong-time-timezone-offset/21801/2 "2020-02-16T16:20:26Z")
You could try
[node-red-contrib-cron-plus](https://flows.nodered.org/node/node-red-contrib-cron-plus)
It supports timezones, can have an unlimited number of schedules, can send any payload at any time you need.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [16 February 2020 17:51 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timerswitch-triggering-at-wrong-time-timezone-offset/21801/3 "2020-02-16T17:51:36Z")
> [@RudyFiero](#):
>
> I expect that my Raspberry Pi is set to the correct time zone
Open a terminal on the Pi and run
`date`
that will show you what time it thinks it is and the timezone.
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### Author:  [@RudyFiero](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/RudyFiero)
#### Post date: [16 February 2020 18:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timerswitch-triggering-at-wrong-time-timezone-offset/21801/4 "2020-02-16T18:34:12Z")
I thought that the timezone was correct because a clock node I am using had the correct time. I thought they would get the time from the same place. I assumed wrong.
I did the date command and the time was wrong. I then ran raspi-config and the timezone was not set. I must have missed that step when I did the last setup. I don't use linux much. It is only running a mqtt broker so far and haven't had a need to go much further yet.
I thought this would be something simple. Thanks for the help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [1 March 2020 18:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/timerswitch-triggering-at-wrong-time-timezone-offset/21801/5 "2020-03-01T18:34:17Z")
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