---
title: timezone.location() function
description: >
  `timezone.location()` returns a location record based on a location or timezone name.
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: timezone.location
    parent: timezone
    identifier: timezone/location
weight: 101
flux/v0/tags: [date/time, location]
---

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`timezone.location()` returns a location record based on a location or timezone name.



##### Function type signature

```js
(name: string) => {zone: string, offset: duration}
```

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## Parameters

### name
({{< req >}})
Location name (as defined by your operating system timezone database).




## Examples

- [Return a timezone-based location record](#return-a-timezone-based-location-record)
- [Set the location option using a timezone-based location](#set-the-location-option-using-a-timezone-based-location)

### Return a timezone-based location record

```js
import "timezone"

timezone.location(name: "America/Los_Angeles")// Returns {offset: 0ns, zone: "America/Los_Angeles"}


```


### Set the location option using a timezone-based location

```js
import "timezone"

option location = timezone.location(name: "America/Los_Angeles")

```

> [!Note]
> The `location` option only affects boundaries used for windowing, specifically around time shifts
> like daylight savings. It does not change timestamps in the `_time` column, which are always UTC.