Trouble:
One of my friends Shijo called and said that the time displayed in GMail emails on his sent and received mails is not displaying properly. The time is 6 hours lagging behind the local time. See the snapshot below to understand what the problem is:
In this article we are going to tell you how to fix the time-zone issue with Gmail mails. Using it you can correct the incorrect time displayed in email messages.
Fix:
There are two reasons for incorrect time zone displayed. Lets see the fix for both:
Incorrect Time-zone setting on gmail account
To fix the time-zone on google or gmail account, click on settings on Gmail page
This will show a screen like one below(click to enlarge):
Here click on Accounts tab and Click on Google Account Settings as highlighted below.
On Google Account Settings page, you can see the current time zone set for your account, also you can edit it by the link shown below. When you click on edit, you will see the next screen as shown in the other image following this one.
Here you can see the drop-down options for country or time zone which you want to set. Just set the correct one and save changes.
That is it for gmail time-zone settings. But besides this, you also need to change the local time-zone on your computer to make things work properly. See the easy instructions below.
Incorrect time-zone setting on local computer
In your system tray, where the time is displayed, you need to double click-on the time display.
It will open date and time properties.
On this screen, click on Time Zone tab. Here you can see your current time-zone settings and change it via drop-down option provided.
That’s it, you are now geared up to use Gmail with new time zone settings. Please provide your feedback by comments below.
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Thanks, it was perfect, helped.
In gmail i am facing Time zone problem,
With you tip i solved the problem with in seconds
its very helpful
my best wishes are with you
keep going …..
Thanks & Regards
Sumit Gupta
I tried this but it still wouldn’t work. When I fill the time zone field with “Karachi GMT+5″ and then try to save it, it erases the time zone and only shows the country as “Pakistan.” My gmail settings are still one hour off. Please help?
Thanks!
Google wouldn’t let me change my home country and even though I changed the time zone in my account settings, the time is still wrond. any ideas?
thanks!
I am having the same problem as Sara and Tonio. Before even reading this blog, I tried changing my PC settings and Google Account settings multiple times. Both are set correctly. However, the google time zone setting keeps disappearing and is then an hour behind.
Yup, same problem. I just moved to Canada and I changed both google time zone and PC settings to no avail. Logged in and out of my account, nothing works. Google please help us
WAIT A MINUTE!!! Its working now!. All it takes is for you to log out and wait abuot 1 hour. Then when you go back the time is changed. THAKN YOU!!!
it dosnt help
plz tell me again if u can and help mecoz incorrect time create ots of problem for me
I have the same problem and I’ve been trying to fix it since February, its now August! Its really annoying. When I try change my country from United States to South Africa (where I live) as soon as I click save it reverts back to USA. It still has my timezone as (GMT +2) Johannesburg, but the countrys wrong and the time is about 6 hours behind where it should be!
Thank you so mach! I have this problem before. following your steps, it’s easy to solute.
It helps. Thanks a lot. 
It will work if you reboot your computer after making the changes as described above.
Thanks.
thx it help me sooooooo much
thxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *_______*
Thanks a lot for the help – fixed the problem 
thank you so so much.
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