diff --git a/src/EyesAndEars.UWP/EyesAndEars.UWP/Services/DataServices.cs b/src/EyesAndEars.UWP/EyesAndEars.UWP/Services/DataServices.cs
index dc17834..e3bd735 100644
--- a/src/EyesAndEars.UWP/EyesAndEars.UWP/Services/DataServices.cs
+++ b/src/EyesAndEars.UWP/EyesAndEars.UWP/Services/DataServices.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ namespace EyesAndEars.UWP.Services {
     public static class DataServices {
 
         static SpeechSynthesizer _synth = new SpeechSynthesizer();
+
+        public static string SetCurrentTime() {
+            var zone = TimeZoneInfo.Local;
+            var britishZone = TimeZoneInfo.FindSystemTimeZoneById(zone.Id);
+            var newDate = TimeZoneInfo.ConvertTime(DateTime.Now, TimeZoneInfo.Local, britishZone);
+            return newDate.ToShortTimeString();
+        }
+
         public static async Task<Device> UpdateDevice(string url, int deviceId,
             RichTextBlock logs, string currentStatus, MediaElement audioUpdater, bool _logData) {
             try {