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title: Regional Options
description: "1. Click **System**in the Main menu. 2. Select **Region**. ## Time Offset The **Time Offset** specifies the default time zone for the database. The Time Zone selected here will be applied to the logging of events such as the time…"
url: "https://learning.pcrecruiter.net/site/docs/database-settings/timezone-and-international-options/"
updated: "2026-09-25"
category: Database Configuration / Database Settings
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# Regional Options

1. Click **System**in the Main menu.
2. Select **Region**.

## Time Offset

The **Time Offset** specifies the default time zone for the database. The Time Zone selected here will be applied to the logging of events such as the time when a candidate registered or applied via the job board.

If not all users are located in the same Time Zone, a per-user time zone setting is available in the 'International' section of the User Record.

## International Settings

- **Phone Formatting** — Choose whether to format Phone fields in US/Canada format *(xxx) xxx-xxxx*, or a freeform International Format. If set to 'Follow Currency Setting', the phone field will match the format for the selected Currency type.
- **International Currency** — Define the default currency used for salary and other monetary values in the database.
- **Time Display Option** — Define whether a 12 or 24 hour value should be used for time storage.
- **Default Radius Search** — Defines whether postal code radius searching should be handled in Miles or Kilometers.
- **Default Radius Country** — Select which country database the postal radius code search should use.