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.

Add-on stats

Manifest V2
By: ilGur
Daily users: 1,665
-25
Rating: 3.00
(41)
Version: 0.1.5 (Last updated: 2020-05-07)
Version code: 5020193
Creation date: 2018-02-14
Weekly download count: 105
Firefox on Android: Yes
Permissions:
  • *://*/*
  • storage
  • contextMenus
  • webNavigation
Size: 50.72K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Change Timezone (Time Shift) (v0.1.7)
20,000 3.26 (42)
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

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 without issues
  • Ability to change timezone immediately
  • Useful for specific use cases such as AWS
  • Functionality is generally confirmed to work fine by some users
Cons
  • Does not account for Daylight Saving Time (DST)
  • Breaks many websites and causes issues like showing 'Invalid Date'
  • Does not work consistently across all websites
  • Installation triggers ads and tracking pages
  • Confusing to use initially, requires going into options
Most mentioned
  • Issues with breaking websites
  • Does not work as intended occasionally
  • Inconsistent performance
  • Confusing user interface
  • DST not accounted for
User reviews


tested works fine
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Add-on safety

Risk impact

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

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Change Timezone (Time Shift). Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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