# Placeholder for Time Zone
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-for-time-zone/66606
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 23, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-for-time-zone/66606 "2024-11-23T02:47:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-for-time-zone/66606/1 "2024-11-23T02:47:17Z")
I'm adding a field Date Added that will be:
%\_datetime%
I'd like to be able to add the time zone as well but I'm not sure if there is a place holder for it.
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### Author:  [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2024, 5:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-for-time-zone/66606/2 "2024-11-23T05:22:56Z")
You will need to create a custom tag. Time zone numerical values vary from -12 to +12 hours, with UTC (formerly GMT) being zero. So you would create a custom tag (like **%UTCzone%** ) to hold those values. Then add it to your column view and/or to your tag panel.
Or the new tag could hold the time zone letter codes (like **EST** ), [as shown here](https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/).
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-for-time-zone/66606/3 "2024-11-23T07:15:51Z")
> [@mista\_j](#):
>
> I'm adding a field Date Added that will be:
> %\_datetime%
In Mp3Tag `%_datetime%` is a placeholder for the current date and time and you should not use this name for user-defined tag-fields.
Look for section "Dynamic Information":
> **[Format Strings and Placeholders – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/)**
>
> Documentation on format strings and placeholders to describe the structure of file names and imported data. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-for-time-zone/66606/4 "2024-11-23T07:37:29Z")
Allow me to clarify. My field name is "Date Added" the value entered into this field (at some given point) would be for example
"11/22/24 11:32:22 PM PST"
The PST is my current time-zone although I am not always in this time zone. which leads me to the dilemma of finding the placeholder for time-zone this way in theory mp3tag would fill the field with the appropriate current time, date & time-zone.
I wasn't sure there was an official placeholder for my current time-zone
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-for-time-zone/66606/5 "2024-11-23T07:48:38Z")
Any date values are taken from the current system time.
So if you keep that up to date and set it according to the local environment, you should be fine.
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### Author:  [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-for-time-zone/66606/6 "2024-11-24T06:11:15Z")
Yeah, what I ended up doing is creating a duplicate action group for my other most common time zone. So i'll simply enable the action group that fits whatever time zone i am currently in
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2024, 6:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholder-for-time-zone/66606/7 "2024-12-24T06:12:00Z")
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