N8n workflow execution time

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Hi guys,
I run my n8n workflows on a Hetzner server (Coolify). Works fine. Very happy with it. I updated the n8n in Coolify yesterday (as I have done before) but this time my workflow executions show 1 hour back. I have checked the variables in Coolify, they were indeed set to Europe/Berlin - I changed those to Europe/London, restarted, redeployed, but it still shows 1 hour back. Has anyone come across an issue like this before?

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Hey @Techmatic someone had same similar issues a while back and this helped.

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Hi, Thank you but I am not sure I follow, sorry. I have updated the n8n in the same way twice before and didn’t have an issue. The timestamp in the node output shows the correct time. I will try to find the culprit somewhere in my setup. Thanks again

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I ended up having to set 2 variables:

GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Europe/London
TZ=Europe/London

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@Techmatic I did some research and it appears @Bill_Markham is correct, you need to set these two variables.

GENERIC_TIMEZONE=Europe/London
TZ=Europe/London

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Hi @Techmatic

•Click your avatar/initials in the bottom-left corner of n8n and open Settings.
• Change the “Timezone” dropdown under Personal Settings to Europe/Berlin.
• Revert your Coolify environment variable GENERIC_TIMEZONE back to Europe/Berlin (setting it to London forces UTC/GMT).
• Add the environment variable TZ with the value Europe/Berlin to ensure the Docker container system time also aligns.

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Thanks everone, , I changed the Variables in Coolify GENERIC_TIMEZONE and TZ. I will try to find the timezone settings in n8n - did not appear under personal settings. I think I can see the direction now, just need to find the place. Thanks again,

Chris

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@Techmatic your welcome! Hope this helps you!

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Guys, success with this issue. I have added additional time command in Docker Compose in Coolify and it worked (Gemini Pro provided the command)

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Nice! Feel free to mark any of the replies as a solution! Happy we all helped you!