---
title: "Time Zones"
description: "Because typical use cases involve datasets that span multiple time zones, Pixeltable strives to be precise in how it handles time zone arithmetic for datetimes."
url: "https://www.pixeltable.com/notebooks/time-zones"
updated: "2026-01-24"
---

# Time Zones

Because typical use cases involve datasets that span multiple time zones, Pixeltable strives to be precise in how it handles time zone arithmetic for datetimes.

- **Type:** Notebook
- **Group:** Core Operations

## What it uses

- **Install:** `pip install pixeltable`
- **Pixeltable calls:** `pxt.create_table()`, `insert()`

## Open it

- **Open in Colab:** https://colab.research.google.com/github/pixeltable/pixeltable/blob/release/docs/release/howto/cookbooks/core/time-zones.ipynb
- **Docs page:** https://docs.pixeltable.com/howto/cookbooks/core/time-zones
- **Source on GitHub:** https://github.com/pixeltable/pixeltable/blob/release/docs/release/howto/cookbooks/core/time-zones.ipynb