diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 8b49b3986..4c520d8cf 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ services:
     image: dockerhub/sunbird-rc-certificate-signer:${RELEASE_VERSION}
     environment:
       - PORT=8079
+      - TIME_ZONE=Asia/Kolkata
     ports:
       - "8079:8079"
     volumes:
diff --git a/services/certificate-signer/config/config.js b/services/certificate-signer/config/config.js
index 1a5695698..ed51f1d36 100644
--- a/services/certificate-signer/config/config.js
+++ b/services/certificate-signer/config/config.js
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ const CERTIFICATE_CONTROLLER_ID = process.env.CERTIFICATE_CONTROLLER_ID || 'http
 const CERTIFICATE_ISSUER = process.env.CERTIFICATE_ISSUER || "https://sunbird.org/";
 const CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_DELIMITERS = process.env.CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_DELIMITERS?.split(',') || "{{,}}".split(",");
 const CACHE_CONTEXT_URLS = process.env.CACHE_CONTEXT_URLS || "";
-
+const TIME_ZONE = process.env.TIME_ZONE;
 module.exports = {
   CERTIFICATE_CONTROLLER_ID,
   CERTIFICATE_ISSUER,
   CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_DELIMITERS,
-  CACHE_CONTEXT_URLS
+  CACHE_CONTEXT_URLS,
+  TIME_ZONE
 };
diff --git a/services/certificate-signer/package-lock.json b/services/certificate-signer/package-lock.json
index a714d6d08..4d2e79455 100644
--- a/services/certificate-signer/package-lock.json
+++ b/services/certificate-signer/package-lock.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
         "handlebars-delimiters": "^1.0.0",
         "jsonld-signatures": "^6.0.0",
         "kafkajs": "^1.15.0",
+        "moment-timezone": "^0.5.43",
         "mustache": "^4.2.0",
         "node-cache": "^5.1.2",
         "object-hash": "^3.0.0",
@@ -4642,6 +4643,25 @@
         "node": ">=0.10.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/moment": {
+      "version": "2.29.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment/-/moment-2.29.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5LC9SOxjSc2HF6vO2CyuTDNivEdoz2IvyJJGj6X8DJ0eFyfszE0QiEd+iXmBvUP3WHxSjFH/vIsA0EN00cgr8w==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "*"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/moment-timezone": {
+      "version": "0.5.43",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment-timezone/-/moment-timezone-0.5.43.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-72j3aNyuIsDxdF1i7CEgV2FfxM1r6aaqJyLB2vwb33mXYyoyLly+F1zbWqhA3/bVIoJ4szlUoMbUnVdid32NUQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "moment": "^2.29.4"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/ms": {
       "version": "2.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
@@ -11076,6 +11096,19 @@
         "is-extendable": "^1.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "moment": {
+      "version": "2.29.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment/-/moment-2.29.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-5LC9SOxjSc2HF6vO2CyuTDNivEdoz2IvyJJGj6X8DJ0eFyfszE0QiEd+iXmBvUP3WHxSjFH/vIsA0EN00cgr8w=="
+    },
+    "moment-timezone": {
+      "version": "0.5.43",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment-timezone/-/moment-timezone-0.5.43.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-72j3aNyuIsDxdF1i7CEgV2FfxM1r6aaqJyLB2vwb33mXYyoyLly+F1zbWqhA3/bVIoJ4szlUoMbUnVdid32NUQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "moment": "^2.29.4"
+      }
+    },
     "ms": {
       "version": "2.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/services/certificate-signer/package.json b/services/certificate-signer/package.json
index cd17ad0a2..120727cba 100644
--- a/services/certificate-signer/package.json
+++ b/services/certificate-signer/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "handlebars-delimiters": "^1.0.0",
     "jsonld-signatures": "^6.0.0",
     "kafkajs": "^1.15.0",
+    "moment-timezone": "^0.5.43",
     "mustache": "^4.2.0",
     "node-cache": "^5.1.2",
     "object-hash": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/services/certificate-signer/src/services/signerService.js b/services/certificate-signer/src/services/signerService.js
index 09a6fb3e8..5246ac51f 100644
--- a/services/certificate-signer/src/services/signerService.js
+++ b/services/certificate-signer/src/services/signerService.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const jsigs = require('jsonld-signatures');
 const {Ed25519KeyPair, RSAKeyPair} = require('crypto-ld');
 const {Ed25519Signature2018, RsaSignature2018} = jsigs.suites;
 const {AssertionProofPurpose} = jsigs.purposes;
-const {CERTIFICATE_CONTROLLER_ID, CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_DELIMITERS} = require('../../config/config');
+const {CERTIFICATE_CONTROLLER_ID, CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_DELIMITERS, TIME_ZONE} = require('../../config/config');
 const vc = require('vc-js');
 const Handlebars = require("handlebars");
 const delimiters = require('handlebars-delimiters');
@@ -15,6 +15,16 @@ delimiters(Handlebars, CUSTOM_TEMPLATE_DELIMITERS);
 const {documentLoaders} = require('jsonld');
 const {node: documentLoader} = documentLoaders;
 const DEFAULT = "default";
+const moment = require("moment-timezone");
+
+Handlebars.registerHelper('formatTime', function (date) {
+    try {
+        if(!!TIME_ZONE) return moment.tz(date, TIME_ZONE).format();
+    } catch (err) {
+        console.log("Failed converting to timezone ", TIME_ZONE);
+    }
+    return date;
+});
 
 const KeyType = {
     RSA: "RSA", ED25519: "ED25519"
diff --git a/services/certificate-signer/yarn.lock b/services/certificate-signer/yarn.lock
index 2dd4a3ceb..e5bf48106 100644
--- a/services/certificate-signer/yarn.lock
+++ b/services/certificate-signer/yarn.lock
@@ -1706,11 +1706,6 @@
   "resolved" "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz"
   "version" "1.0.0"
 
-"fsevents@^2.1.2", "fsevents@~2.3.2":
-  "integrity" "sha512-xiqMQR4xAeHTuB9uWm+fFRcIOgKBMiOBP+eXiyT7jsgVCq1bkVygt00oASowB7EdtpOHaaPgKt812P9ab+DDKA=="
-  "resolved" "https://registry.npmjs.org/fsevents/-/fsevents-2.3.2.tgz"
-  "version" "2.3.2"
-
 "function-bind@^1.1.1":
   "integrity" "sha512-yIovAzMX49sF8Yl58fSCWJ5svSLuaibPxXQJFLmBObTuCr0Mf1KiPopGM9NiFjiYBCbfaa2Fh6breQ6ANVTI0A=="
   "resolved" "https://registry.npmjs.org/function-bind/-/function-bind-1.1.1.tgz"
@@ -3018,6 +3013,18 @@
     "for-in" "^1.0.2"
     "is-extendable" "^1.0.1"
 
+"moment-timezone@^0.5.43":
+  "integrity" "sha512-72j3aNyuIsDxdF1i7CEgV2FfxM1r6aaqJyLB2vwb33mXYyoyLly+F1zbWqhA3/bVIoJ4szlUoMbUnVdid32NUQ=="
+  "resolved" "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment-timezone/-/moment-timezone-0.5.43.tgz"
+  "version" "0.5.43"
+  dependencies:
+    "moment" "^2.29.4"
+
+"moment@^2.29.4":
+  "integrity" "sha512-5LC9SOxjSc2HF6vO2CyuTDNivEdoz2IvyJJGj6X8DJ0eFyfszE0QiEd+iXmBvUP3WHxSjFH/vIsA0EN00cgr8w=="
+  "resolved" "https://registry.npmjs.org/moment/-/moment-2.29.4.tgz"
+  "version" "2.29.4"
+
 "ms@^2.1.1", "ms@2.1.2":
   "integrity" "sha512-sGkPx+VjMtmA6MX27oA4FBFELFCZZ4S4XqeGOXCv68tT+jb3vk/RyaKWP0PTKyWtmLSM0b+adUTEvbs1PEaH2w=="
   "resolved" "https://registry.npmjs.org/ms/-/ms-2.1.2.tgz"