# Localize time

**URL:** <https://community.sendbird.com/t/localize-time/1843>\
**Category:** JavaScript\
**Tags:** react-js, chatsdk\
**Created:** [March 9, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/localize-time/1843 "2021-03-09T11:17:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Marko\_84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Marko\_84](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Marko_84)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/localize-time/1843/1 "2021-03-09T11:17:23Z")

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Hi , there is any chance to localize time of message without using custom components? ![Screen Shot 2021-03-09 at 12.12.10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/sendbird/original/2X/5/5c6fb9c90fbcb14b81854487df6e1c9f540872c5.png)

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**Author:** ![Tyler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.sendbird.com/tyler/32/810_2.png) [@Tyler](https://community.sendbird.com/u/Tyler)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.sendbird.com/t/localize-time/1843/2 "2021-03-09T14:01:59Z")

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@Marko_84,

There is no way localize the time without custom components. The time is provided in GMT in Milliseconds. You can easily utilizing something like [moment](https://www.npmjs.com/package/moment) to achieve what you’re looking for.

-Tyler