# How to enable the Departmental time zone in marking attendance?

> If you enable this option which means your employees won’t be able to enter the time manually as below.

- URL: https://icehrm.com/blog/how-to-enable-the-departmental-time-zone-in-marking-attendance
- Published: 2020-04-16
- Updated: 2024-03-04
- Author: IceHrm
- Topics: IceHrm Tutorials
- Publisher: IceHrm (https://icehrm.com), HR management software

> If you enable this option which means your employees won’t be able to enter the time manually as below.

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-from-2024-02-29-11-09-56.png)

To enable this option, you need to log into your admin account.

1.  Go to the **System** Module and click on **Settings**
2.  Then go to the **Attendance** module
3.  You will be able to find **Attendance: Use department time Zone** section
4.  **Click** on the **Edit** button to make changes
5.  Set the Value **Yes** and **Save**

![](https://icehrm.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/content/images/2024/02/Screenshot-from-2024-02-29-11-11-44.png)

> When you enable this option, as you can see in the above screenshot employees won’t be able to enter time manually.