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# Time zones and scheduling
> Set the time zone your posts publish in, choose your week start, and understand why a post can go out a few minutes late.
Every time you see in Ocoya — in the calendar, on a scheduled post, in a posting schedule — is in your **brand's** time zone, not your computer's. If a post went out at an unexpected hour, this is almost always why.
New brands start on **UTC**. If you're not in UTC, set this before scheduling anything.
## Set your time zone
Select **Planner** in the left sidebar.
Select the settings icon at the top right of the Planner, above the calendar. The **Planner settings** panel opens.
Pick your time zone from the **Timezone** list. Ocoya shows the current time in the selected zone underneath, so you can confirm it looks right before saving.
Changing the time zone does not move posts you have already scheduled. A post set for 9:00 stays at 9:00 and is now interpreted in the new zone. After changing time zone, check anything already scheduled.
## Time zone is set per brand
Each brand has its own time zone. That's deliberate — an agency posting for a London client and a New York client wants each brand's calendar in its own local time.
It also means setting the time zone once doesn't cover your other brands. If you run several, set each one.
## Week start
**Week start** controls which day your calendar and date pickers begin on. It changes how the calendar looks, nothing about when posts publish.
## Why a post published a few minutes late
If a post went out around 3–5 minutes after its scheduled time, check whether **Publish like a human** is switched on in Planner settings.
When enabled, Ocoya deliberately varies publishing times so your schedule looks less automated. Posts publish at various times within **5 minutes** of the time you chose.
This is normal behaviour, not a fault. Switch it off if you need posts to go out at exact times — for a launch, a live event, or anything coordinated with something else.
## Daylight saving time
Ocoya uses named time zones such as *Europe/London*, not fixed offsets, so daylight saving is handled for you. A post scheduled for 9:00 publishes at 9:00 local time on both sides of a clock change.
The exception is a post scheduled *during* the hour a clock change skips or repeats. If you're scheduling for the early hours of a clock-change night, pick a time outside 01:00–03:00.
## Checklist for "it posted at the wrong time"
1. **Check the brand's time zone.** Planner settings — is it still UTC?
2. **Check which brand you're on.** Another brand may have a different zone.
3. **Check Publish like a human.** Up to 5 minutes of intentional drift.
4. **Check the post's actual scheduled time.** Open it in Planner — the time shown is the brand's zone, so it should match what you expect once the zone is right.
5. **Check whether the zone was changed after scheduling.** Existing posts keep their clock time and take on the new zone.
## Related
When a post didn't go out at all.
Why time zone is a brand setting rather than an account one.