How to Change the Time Zone in Cyfin
Applies to: Cyfin · Setting the time zone for a data source.
Cyfin sets the time zone per data source, not as a single system-wide setting. There’s no global “product time zone” toggle — you set the time zone inside each data source’s configuration. This is by design: a large organization may pull logs from offices in different regions, and each data source can be interpreted in its own local time so the timestamps in reports are correct for where the activity actually happened.
You change it in the Data Source Setup wizard.
Steps
- Go to Data Management → Setup. This opens the Data Source Setup wizard.
- Select the data source you want to configure. Its settings screen (Data Source Setup) is displayed.
- Locate the Timezone field and select the correct time zone for that data source from the drop-down (for example,
America/Los Angeles). - Check the Raw Date and Parsed Date shown on the screen to confirm the offset is being applied as expected — the Parsed Date reflects the time zone you selected.
- Click Next, then name the configuration and complete the wizard to save.
Notes
- Set it per source. If you have multiple data sources from different regions, repeat these steps for each one and set each to its own local time zone.
- Verify with Raw vs. Parsed Date. The Raw Date is the timestamp as it appears in the log; the Parsed Date is how Cyfin will interpret it after applying the selected time zone. Use the two together to confirm you’ve picked the right zone before finishing.