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title: "What is UTC offset_origin?"
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***What is UTC offset_origin?***  
  
The `utc_offset_origin` shows where the UTC offset of a particular record came from. There are three types of UTC offset origins, defined as:  
  
**source** - UTC offset received from the original record, or the timezone information was directly provided by the source data when it was retrieved.  
  
**profile** - UTC offset received from the user profile information in the data source. This is the user's timezone information set by the user on his or her app.  
  
**user_defined** - UTC offset selected from the user time zone selection when the user is connecting through the Validic Marketplace.