Title: Countdown counts to wrong timezone
Last modified: March 7, 2022

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# Countdown counts to wrong timezone

 *  [ksvgn2018](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ksvgn2018/)
 * (@ksvgn2018)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-counts-to-wrong-timezone/)
 * Hey,
    I’m using the countdown widget on a custom single event page, strictly 
   following your Overriding guide:
 * [https://webnus.net/dox/modern-events-calendar/overriding-mec-single-event-page/](https://webnus.net/dox/modern-events-calendar/overriding-mec-single-event-page/)
 * I tried to use the countdown widget:
 * // Countdown Widget
    $single->display_countdown_widget($single_event_main);
 * Problem is that it counts to the wrong timezone. It needs to be “Berlin/Europe”
   in my case (GMT+1). So it’s always off by one hour. Also I chose in the event
   edit options (backend) the “global settings” option. But where are these global
   settings? Can you even modify them in MEC Lite? I can just switch between Plain
   Style and Flip style in the settings.
 * Strangely the global settings option leads to the countdown counting until the
   end of the event, not the beginning.
 * Any advise?

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 *  Thread Starter [ksvgn2018](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ksvgn2018/)
 * (@ksvgn2018)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-counts-to-wrong-timezone/#post-15435398)
 * Okay, sorry, that wasn’t an issue at all. It was my mistake, I messed up the 
   dates with custom code. The countdown widget is working just fine! 🙂
 * Only need to know about the second issue with the global settings, thank you.
   🙂

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 * Last activity: [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/countdown-counts-to-wrong-timezone/#post-15435398)
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