# Local time in HomeyScript

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/local-time-in-homeyscript/33338>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** homeyscript\
**Created:** [August 7, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/local-time-in-homeyscript/33338 "2020-08-07T07:04:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 9:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/local-time-in-homeyscript/33338/12 "2021-03-30T09:08:43Z")

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With SDKv3 (part of v5) Athom has decided to break `Date` functionality so it _always_ returns times using the universal (UTC) timezone, even for methods that are supposed to return local times.

See [this issue on Github](https://github.com/athombv/homey-apps-sdk-issues/issues/169).

As of yet, Athom hasn’t given a satisfactory answer on how Homeyscript users should deal with this.

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