Importing date/time values

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title: Importing date/time values
description: Considerations when importing data containing date/time values.
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# Importing date/time values

Considerations when importing data containing date/time values.

-   The field containing the date/time value should be a Date/Time type field in the target table.
-   The user performing the import should have their timezone \(in the **Time zone** \[time\_zone\] field in the User \[sys\_user\] record for that user\) set to match the timezone of the date/time values in the import file.

    To set the user timezone, do the following.

    1.  Click the user drop-down in the banner and select **Profile**.
    2.  Change the **Time zone** field value to the timezone of the date/time values in the import file and click **Update**.

**Parent Topic:**[Importing data using import sets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/integrate-applications/system-import-sets/c_ImportDataUsingImportSets.md)