clock time of my posts is 5 hours ahead of real time

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  perilsofeileen · Member · Mar 1, 2014 at 7:43 pm

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  WordPress time on my site is 5 hours ahead. For example, it’s now 2:36PM where I live in Bel Air, MD. but when I write or edit the time at the bottom will say 7:36PM. Last night, Feb. 28th, I was trying to finish a post, “Lost and Found” when it was only 7PM here, so post would show as February, but suddenly it was 12:00 midnight in WordPress Land! and the post was dated “March.” Very annoying! How does this get fixed?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 1, 2014 at 8:09 pm

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  Double-check your timezone setting at Settings -> General in your blog’s Dashboard. It looks like you currently have it set to UTC.

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  perilsofeileen · Member · Mar 2, 2014 at 10:51 pm

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  What is UTC and what should I choose for my time zone in Maryland, U.S.A.?

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  perilsofeileen · Member · Mar 2, 2014 at 11:25 pm

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  Now I saw choices, but they’re all UTC + hours. I need 5 hours less.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 3, 2014 at 6:50 pm

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  UTC is Coordinated Universal Time, “the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time

  From your timezone drop-down menu, you have several countries and cities to choose from above the generic UTC offset options. Look for the “America” sub-section. I don’t see any cities I recognize from Maryland, so unless you do, I’d recommend choosing “New York” as that’s in the same timezone.

  Otherwise, you can also select UTC-5, which is above the currently-selected UTC+0 option, but that won’t account for daylight savings time changes, whereas choosing the closest city will.