Locale settings
Set your site's timezone and currency, and understand how those defaults flow through events, posts, and other content
Locale settings control the regional defaults for your site — the timezone and currency that other content inherits unless overridden. They live in the Localization section of General settings.
Timezone
The site timezone is the default timezone for any date or time that doesn't carry its own. The most consequential effect is on events and event instances: when you set "7:30 PM" on an event instance, Basker interprets it as 7:30 PM in your site's timezone, then stores both that local time and the corresponding moment in UTC for synchronisation, sorting, and ticketing-system handoff.
Pick the timezone that matches where your audience is. For organisations operating across multiple cities, pick the timezone of your primary venue or office; event instances at venues in other timezones can override the default per instance if needed — see Event instances.
Changing your site's timezone after content exists is a careful operation. Existing events keep their stored UTC moments, so a 7:30 PM event in the original timezone may no longer read as 7:30 PM after the change. Audit your event listings after a timezone change.
Currency
The site currency is the default currency for any monetary amount that doesn't carry its own. It applies to:
- Donation amounts in donation blocks.
- Membership prices in membership flows.
- Merchandise and ticket prices, where Basker stores them.
- Any custom data fields that capture money.
The currency setting controls how the default currency appears (symbol, formatting, decimal places). Pick the currency your audience books in.
Languages
Languages are managed separately under Settings → Languages. See Languages and translation.