Change Time Zone Settings on a Chrome Device

Configuring the time zone settings on a Chrome device is done in the Google Admin Console.  Settings are determined by the OU that the devices are apart of.  For help managing device settings, read this google article.  Specific information about Chrome device time zone settings can be found here.

 

Chrome Device time zone options:

  • No policy set – This is the same as ‘Let users decide’
  • Let users decide – Users can control the policy through standard Chrome OS Date and Time settings
  • Never auto-detect time zone – Users must manually pick a timezone.
  • Always use coarse time zone detection – Uses the device IP address to set the timezone.
  • Always send WiFi access-point to server while resolving time zone – Uses the location of the WiFi connection to set the time zone.  This is the most accurate option.

Displaying the time & date using the Time & Date widget

Time and Date widget:

  1. From your Dashboard go to [Content] -> [Presentations]
  2. Click edit next to the presentation you would like to change
  3. Click [Widgets] near the top left and select [Time & Date]
  4. Select the desired format from the list, or create your own
  5. Click [Ok] to continue
  6. The new widget will appear in the middle of the presentation
  7. The time and date widget can now be moved, resized, or edited just like any other widget
    1. Click and drag the center of the widget to move the widget
    2. Click and drag an edge or corner to resize the widget
    3. Click on the paintbrush to edit font, text color, text size, and much more

Custom time format tokens:

Token Output
Month M 1 2 … 11 12
  Mo 1st 2nd … 11th 12th
  MM 01 02 … 11 12
  MMM Jan Feb … Nov Dec
  MMMM January February … November December
Quarter Q 1 2 3 4
Day of Month D 1 2 … 30 31
  Do 1st 2nd … 30th 31st
  DD 01 02 … 30 31
Day of Year DDD 1 2 … 364 365
  DDDo 1st 2nd … 364th 365th
  DDDD 001 002 … 364 365
Day of Week d 0 1 … 5 6
  do 0th 1st … 5th 6th
  dd Su Mo … Fr Sa
  ddd Sun Mon … Fri Sat
  dddd Sunday Monday … Friday Saturday
Day of Week (Locale) e 0 1 … 5 6
Day of Week (ISO) E 1 2 … 6 7
Week of Year w 1 2 … 52 53
  wo 1st 2nd … 52nd 53rd
  ww 01 02 … 52 53
Week of Year (ISO) W 1 2 … 52 53
  Wo 1st 2nd … 52nd 53rd
  WW 01 02 … 52 53
Year YY 70 71 … 29 30
  YYYY 1970 1971 … 2029 2030
Week Year gg 70 71 … 29 30
  gggg 1970 1971 … 2029 2030
Week Year (ISO) GG 70 71 … 29 30
  GGGG 1970 1971 … 2029 2030
AM/PM A AM PM
  a am pm
Hour H 0 1 … 22 23
  HH 00 01 … 22 23
  h 1 2 … 11 12
  hh 01 02 … 11 12
Minute m 0 1 … 58 59
  mm 00 01 … 58 59
Second s 0 1 … 58 59
  ss 00 01 … 58 59
Fractional Second S 0 1 … 8 9
  SS 0 1 … 98 99
  SSS 0 1 … 998 999
  Z -07:00 -06:00 … +06:00 +07:00
  ZZ -0700 -0600 … +0600 +0700
Unix Timestamp X 1360013296