Reflex Alert Time issue

[yannaingoo]

Hi All 

Do you know how can we possible to change the timezone? The default, its shown as UTC, I'd like to have Eastern Time EST timezone in PowerBI Service, and Is it doable? Please let me know your advice. Thank advance!!

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

Very much not recommended. Everything in the Power BI service and in Fabric runs on UTC.  You may have an international team.  EST is not currently active (it's EDT now).  See if you can live with the UTC setup.

[v-pgoloju]

Hi @yannaingoo,

Just a gentle reminder — has your issue been resolved? If so, we’d be grateful if you could mark the solution that worked as Accepted Solution, or feel free to share your own if you found a different fix.

This not only closes the loop on your query but also helps others in the community solve similar issues faster.

Thank you for your time and feedback!

Best,

Prasanna Kumar

[v-pgoloju]

Hi @yannaingoo,

We wanted to kindly check in to see if everything is working as expected after trying the suggested solution. If there’s anything else we can assist with, please don’t hesitate to ask.

If the issue is resolved, we’d appreciate it if you could mark the helpful reply as Accepted Solution — it helps others who might face a similar issue.

Warm regards,

Prasanna Kumar

[v-pgoloju]

Hi @yannaingoo,

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If the response addressed your query, kindly mark it as Accepted Solution and click Yes if you found it helpful — this will benefit others in the community as well.

Best regards,

Prasanna Kumar

[v-pgoloju · Accepted solution]

Hi @yannaingoo,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Fabric Forum Community.

Also Thanks to @lbendlin for Prompt and Helpful response.

Power BI Service operates in UTC by default and does not support changing the timezone globally to EST. While it's possible to adjust timestamps using Power Query or DAX (e.g., subtracting 5 hours), this is a workaround and doesn't handle Daylight Saving Time automatically. Therefore, relying on manual timezone conversion is not generally recommended for critical time-based logic. For more accurate results, consider handling timezone conversion at the data source level or using a custom timezone mapping table.

If you found this response helpful, please consider marking it as the accepted solution and giving it a thumbs-up to help others in the community.

Thank you & regards,
Prasanna Kumar

[lbendlin · Accepted solution]

Very much not recommended. Everything in the Power BI service and in Fabric runs on UTC.  You may have an international team.  EST is not currently active (it's EDT now).  See if you can live with the UTC setup.