diff --git a/app/src/api.js b/app/src/api.js
index 4986b350..1f7bea44 100644
--- a/app/src/api.js
+++ b/app/src/api.js
@@ -320,6 +320,7 @@ export async function getSettings() {
             tags_directory: content.tags_directory,
             throttle_on_startup: content.throttle_on_startup,
             throttle_status: content.throttle_status,
+            timezone: content.timezone,
             videos_destination: content.videos_destination,
             wrol_mode: content.wrol_mode,
             zims_destination: content.zims_destination,
diff --git a/app/src/components/admin/Settings.js b/app/src/components/admin/Settings.js
index 35ef48f5..054c0ec1 100644
--- a/app/src/components/admin/Settings.js
+++ b/app/src/components/admin/Settings.js
@@ -3,7 +3,17 @@ import {SettingsContext, StatusContext} from "../../contexts/contexts";
 import {checkUpgrade, postRestart, postShutdown, saveSettings as saveSettingsApi, triggerUpgrade} from "../../api";
 import {getServices, startService, stopService} from "../../api/controller";
 import {Button, Divider, Form, Header, Loader, Modal, Segment} from "../Theme";
-import {ButtonGroup, Container, Dimmer, Dropdown, GridColumn, GridRow, Icon, Input} from "semantic-ui-react";
+import {
+    ButtonGroup,
+    Container,
+    Dimmer,
+    Dropdown,
+    FormDropdown,
+    GridColumn,
+    GridRow,
+    Icon,
+    Input
+} from "semantic-ui-react";
 import {
     APIButton,
     ErrorMessage,
@@ -301,6 +311,7 @@ export function SettingsPage() {
 
     // Get current settings from the API.
     const {settings, saveSettings, fetchSettings} = React.useContext(SettingsContext);
+    const {status} = React.useContext(StatusContext);
     // Used to track changes to the settings form between saves/loads.
     const [state, setState] = React.useState({});
 
@@ -445,6 +456,7 @@ export function SettingsPage() {
             download_wait: settings.download_wait,
             download_window_start: settings.download_window_start || '',
             download_window_end: settings.download_window_end || '',
+            timezone: settings.timezone || '',
             hotspot_device: settings.hotspot_device,
             hotspot_on_startup: settings.hotspot_on_startup,
             hotspot_password: settings.hotspot_password,
@@ -492,6 +504,10 @@ export function SettingsPage() {
         <Icon name='qrcode' size='big'/>
     </Button>;
 
+    const timezoneOptions = Intl.supportedValuesOf('timeZone').map(tz => (
+        {key: tz, value: tz, text: tz}
+    ));
+
     const navColorOptions = Object.keys(semanticUIColorMap).map(i => {
         return {key: i, value: i, text: i.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + i.slice(1)}
     });
@@ -709,6 +725,25 @@ export function SettingsPage() {
                     />
                 </Form.Group>
 
+                <Form.Field width={3}>
+                    <label><b>Timezone</b>
+                        <InfoPopup
+                            content='IANA timezone (e.g. America/Denver). Leave empty to use system timezone.'/>
+                    </label>
+                    <FormDropdown
+                        placeholder='System default'
+                        options={timezoneOptions}
+                        value={state.timezone || ''}
+                        disabled={disabled}
+                        search
+                        selection
+                        clearable
+                        onChange={(e, {value}) => setState({...state, timezone: value || ''})}
+                    />
+                </Form.Field>
+                {status && status.local_time &&
+                    <p>Current local time: <b>{status.local_time.slice(0, 16).replace('T', ' ')}</b></p>}
+
                 <Divider/>
 
                 <Header as='h3'>Special Directories</Header>
diff --git a/wrolpi/common.py b/wrolpi/common.py
index debe6f47..a2a04073 100644
--- a/wrolpi/common.py
+++ b/wrolpi/common.py
@@ -805,6 +805,7 @@ class WROLPiConfigValidator:
     save_ffprobe_json: bool = None
     tags_directory: bool = None
     throttle_on_startup: bool = None
+    timezone: str = None
     version: int = None
     videos_destination: str = None
     wrol_mode: bool = None
@@ -949,6 +950,7 @@ class WROLPiConfig(ConfigFile):
         save_ffprobe_json=True,
         tags_directory=True,
         throttle_on_startup=False,
+        timezone=None,
         version=0,
         videos_destination='videos/%(channel_tag)s/%(channel_name)s',
         wrol_mode=False,
@@ -1184,6 +1186,14 @@ class WROLPiConfig(ConfigFile):
     def tags_directory(self, value: bool):
         self.update({'tags_directory': value})
 
+    @property
+    def timezone(self) -> str:
+        return self._config.get('timezone')
+
+    @timezone.setter
+    def timezone(self, value: str):
+        self.update({'timezone': value})
+
 
 WROLPI_CONFIG: WROLPiConfig = WROLPiConfig()
 TEST_WROLPI_CONFIG: WROLPiConfig = None
diff --git a/wrolpi/downloader.py b/wrolpi/downloader.py
index 9f644738..0f706b46 100644
--- a/wrolpi/downloader.py
+++ b/wrolpi/downloader.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ from http import HTTPStatus
 from itertools import filterfalse
 from typing import List, Dict, Generator, Iterable, Coroutine, Any
 from typing import Tuple, Optional
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import feedparser
@@ -597,7 +598,12 @@ class DownloadManager:
 
     @staticmethod
     def _get_local_time():
-        """Return the current local time, converting from UTC."""
+        """Return the current local time, using configured timezone or system default."""
+        from wrolpi.common import get_wrolpi_config
+        config = get_wrolpi_config()
+        if config.timezone:
+            tz = ZoneInfo(config.timezone)
+            return now().astimezone(tz).time()
         return now().astimezone().time()
 
     def is_within_download_window(self) -> bool:
diff --git a/wrolpi/root_api.py b/wrolpi/root_api.py
index b4531206..185e5ce5 100644
--- a/wrolpi/root_api.py
+++ b/wrolpi/root_api.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import asyncio
 import pathlib
 import re
 from http import HTTPStatus
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
 import vininfo.exceptions
 from sanic import response, Blueprint, __version__ as sanic_version
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ def get_settings(_: Request):
         'wrol_mode': wrolpi_config.wrol_mode,
         'zims_destination': wrolpi_config.zims_destination,
         'save_ffprobe_json': wrolpi_config.save_ffprobe_json,
+        'timezone': wrolpi_config.timezone,
     }
     return json_response(settings)
 
@@ -232,6 +234,16 @@ async def update_settings(_: Request, body: schema.SettingsRequest):
     elif not body.zims_destination:
         new_config['zims_destination'] = wrolpi_config.default_config['zims_destination']
 
+    # Validate timezone if provided; empty string clears it.
+    if body.timezone is not None:
+        if body.timezone == '':
+            new_config['timezone'] = None
+        else:
+            try:
+                ZoneInfo(body.timezone)
+            except (KeyError, Exception):
+                raise InvalidConfig(f'Invalid timezone: {body.timezone}')
+
     # Handle download window fields: empty string clears the value.
     for field_name in ('download_window_start', 'download_window_end'):
         value = getattr(body, field_name, None)
@@ -488,6 +500,13 @@ async def get_status(request: Request):
             if i.startswith('Sanic-Server')
         }
 
+    wrolpi_config = get_wrolpi_config()
+    if wrolpi_config.timezone:
+        tz = ZoneInfo(wrolpi_config.timezone)
+        local_time = now().astimezone(tz).isoformat()
+    else:
+        local_time = now().astimezone().isoformat()
+
     ret = dict(
         dockerized=DOCKERIZED,
         downloads=downloads,
@@ -496,6 +515,7 @@ async def get_status(request: Request):
         is_rpi4=IS_RPI4,
         is_rpi5=IS_RPI5,
         is_rpi=IS_RPI,
+        local_time=local_time,
         sanic_workers=sanic_workers,
         version=__version__,
         wrol_mode=wrol_mode_enabled(),
diff --git a/wrolpi/schema.py b/wrolpi/schema.py
index 8eae841d..0b485a3c 100644
--- a/wrolpi/schema.py
+++ b/wrolpi/schema.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class SettingsRequest:
     wrol_mode: Optional[bool] = None
     zims_destination: Optional[str] = None
     save_ffprobe_json: Optional[bool] = None
+    timezone: Optional[str] = None
 
     def __post_init__(self):
         self.nav_color = self.nav_color.lower() if self.nav_color else None
diff --git a/wrolpi/test/test_downloader.py b/wrolpi/test/test_downloader.py
index fdf9d286..614b1875 100644
--- a/wrolpi/test/test_downloader.py
+++ b/wrolpi/test/test_downloader.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import asyncio
 import json
 import pathlib
 from abc import ABC
-from datetime import datetime, time
+from datetime import datetime, time, timezone, timedelta
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from itertools import zip_longest
 from unittest import mock
@@ -1175,3 +1175,38 @@ def test_is_within_download_window_uses_local_time(test_download_manager):
     with mock.patch.object(type(test_download_manager), '_get_local_time',
                            return_value=time(12, 0)):
         assert test_download_manager.is_within_download_window() is True
+
+
+def test_get_local_time_with_configured_timezone(test_download_manager):
+    """When config.timezone is set, _get_local_time() converts to that timezone."""
+    from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
+
+    config = get_wrolpi_config()
+    config.timezone = 'America/Denver'
+
+    # Mock now() to return a known UTC time: 2024-01-15 18:00:00 UTC
+    # Denver is UTC-7 in January (MST), so local time should be 11:00:00.
+    mock_utc = datetime(2024, 1, 15, 18, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    with mock.patch('wrolpi.downloader.now', return_value=mock_utc):
+        result = test_download_manager._get_local_time()
+    assert result == time(11, 0, 0)
+
+    # Summer time: 2024-07-15 18:00:00 UTC
+    # Denver is UTC-6 in July (MDT), so local time should be 12:00:00.
+    mock_utc_summer = datetime(2024, 7, 15, 18, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    with mock.patch('wrolpi.downloader.now', return_value=mock_utc_summer):
+        result = test_download_manager._get_local_time()
+    assert result == time(12, 0, 0)
+
+
+def test_get_local_time_without_configured_timezone(test_download_manager):
+    """When config.timezone is None, _get_local_time() falls back to system timezone."""
+    config = get_wrolpi_config()
+    config.timezone = None
+
+    mock_utc = datetime(2024, 1, 15, 18, 0, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc)
+    with mock.patch('wrolpi.downloader.now', return_value=mock_utc):
+        result = test_download_manager._get_local_time()
+    # Should return the system's local time conversion.
+    expected = mock_utc.astimezone().time()
+    assert result == expected
diff --git a/wrolpi/test/test_root_api.py b/wrolpi/test/test_root_api.py
index 6718d865..1270b32b 100644
--- a/wrolpi/test/test_root_api.py
+++ b/wrolpi/test/test_root_api.py
@@ -355,6 +355,21 @@ async def test_get_status(async_client, test_session):
     assert isinstance(response.json.get('memory_stats'), dict), 'memory_stats should be a dict'
     assert isinstance(response.json.get('flags'), dict), 'flags should be a dict'
     assert isinstance(response.json.get('sanic_workers'), dict), 'Sanic worker status should be a dict'
+    assert isinstance(response.json.get('local_time'), str), 'local_time should be a str'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_status_local_time_with_timezone(async_client, test_session, test_wrolpi_config):
+    """Status endpoint includes local_time using configured timezone."""
+    from wrolpi.common import get_wrolpi_config
+    config = get_wrolpi_config()
+    config.timezone = 'America/Denver'
+
+    request, response = await async_client.get('/api/status')
+    assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
+    local_time = response.json['local_time']
+    # ISO 8601 with timezone offset for Denver (UTC-7 or UTC-6).
+    assert '+' in local_time or '-' in local_time[10:], 'local_time should include timezone offset'
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -805,6 +820,42 @@ async def test_settings_save_ffprobe_json(async_client, test_wrolpi_config):
     assert config.save_ffprobe_json is True
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_settings_timezone(async_client, test_wrolpi_config):
+    """Maintainer can set and clear the timezone setting."""
+    config = get_wrolpi_config()
+
+    # Default is None.
+    assert config.timezone is None
+
+    # GET returns the setting.
+    request, response = await async_client.get('/api/settings')
+    assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
+    assert response.json['timezone'] is None
+
+    # Setting a valid timezone.
+    data = {'timezone': 'America/Denver'}
+    request, response = await async_client.patch('/api/settings', content=json.dumps(data))
+    assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT
+    assert config.timezone == 'America/Denver'
+
+    # GET reflects the change.
+    request, response = await async_client.get('/api/settings')
+    assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.OK
+    assert response.json['timezone'] == 'America/Denver'
+
+    # Empty string clears the timezone.
+    data = {'timezone': ''}
+    request, response = await async_client.patch('/api/settings', content=json.dumps(data))
+    assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.NO_CONTENT
+    assert config.timezone is None
+
+    # Invalid timezone is rejected.
+    data = {'timezone': 'Not/A/Timezone'}
+    request, response = await async_client.patch('/api/settings', content=json.dumps(data))
+    assert response.status_code == HTTPStatus.BAD_REQUEST
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_search_other_estimates(async_client, test_session, channel_factory, tag_factory):
     # Can search without Tags or Channels.