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## Resource: settings

## Article: settings

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules/essentials/settings.md

## Article Content:

# settings

> **Note:** This API is currently relevant only for [dashboard pages](https://dev.wix.com/docs/build-apps/develop-your-app/extensions/dashboard-extensions/dashboard-pages/about-dashboard-page-extensions.md) in [CLI](https://dev.wix.com/docs/build-apps/develop-your-app/frameworks/wix-cli/about-the-wix-cli-for-apps.md) or [self-hosted](https://dev.wix.com/docs/build-apps/develop-your-app/frameworks/self-hosting/about-self-hosting-for-wix-apps.md) app development.


The `settings` submodule allows the code in an app's [frontend extensions](https://dev.wix.com/docs/build-apps/develop-your-app/extensions/about-extensions.md#frontend-extensions) to access the active time zone for each interface. This allows apps to render the time in the same time zone that the Wix user has chosen for the site.


## Import statement
```js
import { settings } from '@wix/essentials';
```

## Methods

### `getTimeZone()`
Gets the site's time zone.
The retrieved time zone is the time zone that has been entered in the General Info section of the site's Dashboard.

#### Method Declaration
```js
getTimeZone(): string
```

#### Returns
Time zone identifier based on the [tz database](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tz_database). For example: `'America/New_York'`.

#### Example
Gets the site's time zone.

```js
import { settings } from "@wix/essentials";

const localTime = new Date().toLocaleString('en', {timeZone: settings.getTimeZone() })
```