If you podcast from outside the US West Coast, you may have noticed that dates on your Podpage site were sometimes off by a few hours — or even a full day. That's because all dates were previously displayed in Pacific Time, regardless of where you or your listeners are located.
Starting today, you can set your own timezone in Podpage, and every date across your site and dashboard will reflect it accurately.
Table of Contents
- Why Timezone Matters for Your Podcast Website
- What Changed
- How to Set Your Timezone
- A Better Experience for International Podcasters
- Frequently Asked Questions
Key Takeaways
- All dates on your Podpage site and dashboard now respect your chosen timezone — no more Pacific Time for everyone.
- Episode publish dates, blog post dates, review timestamps, and video dates are all affected.
- Marketing automation trigger times now operate in your podcast's timezone instead of Pacific Time.
- You can set your timezone in Settings → Advanced Settings with a single dropdown selection.
- Existing sites default to Pacific Time, so nothing changes unless you update the setting.
Why Timezone Matters for Your Podcast Website
Podcasters publish from every corner of the world. A show recorded in London, Sydney, or Tokyo should not have its episode dates shifted because of a hardcoded US timezone.
Incorrect dates create real confusion. An episode published on a Monday morning in Berlin could appear as a Sunday release on your Podpage site. Scheduled blog posts, reviews, and social media timestamps were all affected in the same way.
When your dates are wrong, it undermines the professionalism of your site — and it can confuse listeners who are trying to figure out your release schedule. With per-podcast timezone support, the dates your listeners see will match the dates you expect.
What Changed
Every date displayed on your public podcast website now respects your chosen timezone. This includes episode publish dates, blog post dates, review timestamps, and video dates.
Your Podpage dashboard also uses your timezone, so the dates you see while managing your site match what your listeners see on the front end. No more mental math converting from Pacific Time.
If you use the marketing automation feature to schedule social posts and emails for new episodes, the trigger time now operates in your podcast's timezone instead of Pacific Time. That means if you set your automation to fire at 9:00 AM, it fires at 9:00 AM in your timezone — not 9:00 AM in San Francisco.
How to Set Your Timezone
Head to your Podpage dashboard and open Settings → Advanced Settings. You'll see a new Timezone dropdown at the top of the page.
Choose your timezone from the list and save. All dates across your site and dashboard will update immediately.
If you don't change the setting, your timezone will remain set to Pacific Time, so nothing changes for existing US-based podcasters who were already seeing correct dates.
A Better Experience for International Podcasters
This update is part of our ongoing effort to make Podpage work well for podcasters everywhere, not just those in the United States. Podcasting is a global medium, and your website tools should reflect that.
If your podcast website has ever shown the wrong date on an episode, head to Advanced Settings and set your timezone today.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will changing my timezone affect my existing episodes?
No episodes are modified. The underlying data stays the same — only how dates are displayed changes. If an episode was published at a specific moment in time, it will now show the correct local date for your timezone instead of the Pacific Time equivalent.
What happens if I don't set a timezone?
Your site defaults to Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles), which is how Podpage has always worked. If you're based on the US West Coast and your dates have always looked correct, you don't need to change anything.
Does this affect when my marketing automations actually fire?
The automation trigger time is now interpreted in your podcast's timezone. If you previously set it to a specific time expecting Pacific Time behavior, you may want to double-check that the time still makes sense after updating your timezone.
Can I use any timezone?
Podpage supports a wide range of timezones covering every major region. You can select your timezone from a dropdown in Advanced Settings.
