Facebook and Instagram Insights Time Zone Mismatch
This article will address the following issue:
The time in a Facebook or Instagram Insights report does not match the time shown in Facebook Creator Studio.
Cause
Facebook and Instagram's APIs format all of their data to match the time zone at their headquarters (UTC -8:00 or UTC -7:00 during daylight saving time).
Solution
Our connectors can only retrieve the data as Facebook sends it.
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