Change Timezone (Time Shift)

Easily change your timezone to a desired value and protect your privacy.

Change Timezone (Time Shift) - Chrome Extension

Change Timezone (Time Shift) is a user-friendly Chrome extension. It facilitates users to quickly tweak their current timezone to any of their preferred ones, safeguarding their online privacy. The extension takes into account daylight saving time and functions by modification of the name and value fields of the selected timezone. For any issues, users can file a bug report through the addon’s official website.
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Extension stats

By: Yubi
Users: 20,000+
Version: 0.1.7 (Last updated: 2024-06-05)
Creation date: 2020-05-06
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • storage
  • scripting
  • contextMenus
  • webNavigation
Host permissions:
  • *://*/*
Size: 50.33K

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Extension summary

Change Timezone (Time Shift) is an extension that let you easily and quickly change your timezone to the desired value and protect your privacy.

Simply open the addon options page and select a desired timezone from the drop-down list. Once a timezone is selected, adjust the name and value fields if needed. Then reload all tabs for changes to take effect. Please note that this addon takes into account the daylight saving time. If you want to turn off the addon, simply click on the toolbar icon once (the icon color will turn to light grey). By default, the addon is active (the toolbar icon has dark grey color).

To report bugs, please fill out the bug report form on the addon's homepage (https://mybrowseraddon.com/change-timezone.html).

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works well for some users
  • Simple and easy to use
  • Successfully bypasses Hulu region restrictions
Cons
  • Doesn't work for many users
  • Regularly leaks actual timezone
  • Causes issues with date pickers and other web elements
  • Uninstalling does not always reverse time shift
Most mentioned
  • Does not work properly in various cases
  • Users cannot find the option to change time
  • Causes problems with usage in specific applications like WhatsApp Web
User reviews
I love it
by Peculliar Gracee, 2024-12-17

doesnt work
by Alex, 2024-10-26

Not terrible, seems to somewhat work, but upon testing it myself I've noticed it regularly leaks my actual timezone. (or the one that is selected in settings)
by Bke, 2024-10-12
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Change Timezone (Time Shift) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Change Timezone (Time Shift) has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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