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In the admin panel does the "Default Time Offset (Hours)" setting correlate to server time or UTC?

Below it shows "Unadjusted Server Time:" so I assumed it's exactly that, but it just so happens that it shows the current time in the UTC timezone even though I believe my server is on CST (or so typing "date" in the terminal has me believe).

It is the server time (if you look at /admin/gendisplay.php you'll see time() being used), however the offset you choose to the right would be whatever default you want to provide to your guests; users will have their own settings for their own accounts after creating an account which can be set in their preferences.

I just double-checked on the server and both the "date" command in terminal as well as the Server Time setting in WHM are showing my server being on CST time:

Current Time
Tue Nov 11 06:13:08 CST 2025

Yet in the UBB admin panel I'm seeing the following:
Default Time Offset (Hours):
Unadjusted Server Time: 11/11/2025 12:13

Which just so happens to be UTC (or possibly London time during the 6 months when DST isn't in effect).

I checked the file you mentioned and I see something about "servertime" and "RELATIVE_TIME" but still have no idea how the UBB admin panel is showing the unadjusted server time... as different than the actual server time. Could this be a cache thing or an altered setting elsewhere?

$servertime = $html -> convert_time(time(),"","",1);
...
$relative = "";
if ($config['RELATIVE_TIME']) {
$relative = "checked='checked'";
} // end if

I'm not sure why it matters, when a timezone is selected in the dropdown for guests and for your own accounts it will offset the time including any daylight savings magic, no offsetting needs to be done like in earlier v7 versions. It's been completely simplified.

Many thanks, must be a new feature because on 7.5.8 a user can only do a similar adjustment (in hours) rather than setting their own time zone which would automatically change at the appropriate dates for DST.