System Timezone + Advertisement Management

The system automatically displays the local time system-wide for each member, which is convenient for them day to day, but HIGHLY confusing when holding events or posting time-sensitive info (sales, for example) for the brand/site. This has been an ongoing problem for the 10+ years I've been using Invision Power.

You really NEED to be able to set the time zone for the system/website, and make that visible to members somewhere. Admin & staff should be able to work according to store time.

For example, Digital Artistry runs on Eastern time, and all sales and events start/stop based on Eastern time.

And a related issue, the start & stop times on advertisements are completely insufficient for accurate advertising. Sales and events start and stop at SPECIFIC times based on the company's timezone, not the forum's timezone. Per support, the advertisement scheduler runs on UTC, so it's literally impossible to set an advertisement to start & stop at the correct time since you can set neither the timezone nor time (only the date)

This isn't just a preference; it's legally false/deceptive advertising to display inaccurate banners. If I were to schedule banners to run the entire length of our sale using the current system, I must allow them to turn off 4 hours early because the alternative is that we'll be running deceptive ads for 20 hours. The start time is equally problematic.

1. An accurate advertisement scheduler should allow you to set the timezone, date, and time for both start & stop.
   Example: Start: Oct 6, 2025, 12:00 am Eastern. End: Oct 19, 2025, 11:59 pm Eastern.

2. Even if I wanted to, I can't charge advertisers for banners when you can't schedule them accurately. 

3. The "show until" in the UI is unclear. I checked with support, and it stops at 12:00 am on the date selected (not the end of the day selected, as I assumed).