Change Timezone (Time Shift)

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

Change Timezone (Time Shift): Firefox Privacy Add-On

Change Timezone (Time Shift) is an add-on for Firefox that provides a swift and efficient way to alter your timezone. This flexibility can increase user's privacy by allowing them to choose from a wide range of time zones. In addition, the add-on takes into account daylight saving time and allows for easy activation and deactivation via a toolbar icon. All changes become effective after reloading tabs.
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Add-on stats

By: ilGur
Users: 1,615
-57
Rating: 3.00
(39)
Version: 0.1.5 (Last updated: 2020-05-07)
Creation date: 2018-02-14
Weekly download count: 109
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://*/*
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • webNavigation
Size: 50.72K
URLs: Website

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# 2,312 ▼ 17
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Add-on summary

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Change Timezone (Time Shift) is a Firefox addon that let you easily and quickly change your timezone to a desired value and protect your privacy.

Simply open 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 (icon color will turn to light grey). By default, the addon is active (toolbar icon has dark grey color).

In order to report bugs, please fill the bug report form in the addon's homepage.

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works on some websites and is generally functional.
  • Allows users to change timezone displayed on pages, especially useful for specific platforms like AWS.
  • Users appreciate the immediate update in the browser after changing timezone.
Cons
  • Does not account for Daylight Saving Time (DST) adjustments.
  • Inconsistent functionality across different websites, some fail to detect the timezone change.
  • Can break certain websites, leading to errors like 'Invalid Date'.
  • Interface is not user-friendly, requiring navigation through add-on management to change settings.
Most mentioned
  • Issues with Daylight Saving Time management.
  • Problems with functionality on specific websites.
  • Frustration with the add-on being difficult to use.
User reviews
tested works fine
by Firefox user 16157275, 2024-12-08
Broke date picker
by Firefox user 18648894, 2024-10-21
by MeizFL, 2024-07-25
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Add-on 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 fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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