# Show system date in emails instead of utc date
**URL:** https://forum.mautic.org/t/show-system-date-in-emails-instead-of-utc-date/19741
**Category:** Product Support
**Created:** [June 4, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/show-system-date-in-emails-instead-of-utc-date/19741 "2021-06-04T22:30:12Z")
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### Author:  [@gary.harrison](https://forum.mautic.org/u/gary.harrison)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/show-system-date-in-emails-instead-of-utc-date/19741/1 "2021-06-04T22:30:12Z")
**Your software**
My Mautic version is: 3.3.3
My PHP version is: 7.4
My Database type and version is: MySQL
**Your problem**
My problem is: Our server is setup on UTC time so all time entries into mysql are based on UTC time. When we send emails that include a date or time the email shows the utc time instead of the time of our mautic setup (NY time). Any suggestions on how to output the date for a particular timezone? Here are the merge fields were using in our email…
Date: {contactfield=next\_followup|date}
Time: {contactfield=next\_followup|time}
These errors are showing in the log:
Steps I have tried to fix the problem:
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### Author:  [@deejmer](https://forum.mautic.org/u/deejmer)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2023, 3:32am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/show-system-date-in-emails-instead-of-utc-date/19741/2 "2023-05-23T03:32:04Z")
I just realized I have this same issue. I’m on cPanel and they recommend I keep the server’s time in UTC, so I’m also seeking a workaround here.