diff --git a/esp/src/src-react/components/Files.tsx b/esp/src/src-react/components/Files.tsx
index 08f5f953c34..a2b63bf1967 100644
--- a/esp/src/src-react/components/Files.tsx
+++ b/esp/src/src-react/components/Files.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ function formatQuery(_filter): { [id: string]: any } {
 
 const defaultUIState = {
     hasSelection: false,
+    isUTC: false, 
 };
 
 interface FilesProps {
@@ -127,6 +128,25 @@ export const Files: React.FunctionComponent<FilesProps> = ({
         // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
     }, [hasFocus]);
 
+    const toggleTimezone = () => {
+        setUIState((prevState) => ({ ...prevState, isUTC: !prevState.isUTC }));
+      };
+    
+      React.useEffect(() => {
+        localStorage.setItem("isUTC", JSON.stringify(uiState.isUTC));
+      }, [uiState.isUTC]);
+    
+      React.useEffect(() => {
+        const storedIsUTC = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("isUTC"));
+        if (storedIsUTC !== null) {
+          setUIState((prevState) => ({ ...prevState, isUTC: storedIsUTC }));
+        }
+      }, []);
+    
+      const currentTime = React.useCallback(timestamp => {
+        const date = new Date(timestamp);
+        return date.toUTCString();
+    }, []);
     //  Grid ---
     const gridStore = React.useMemo(() => {
         return store ? store : CreateDFUQueryStore();
@@ -216,8 +236,8 @@ export const Files: React.FunctionComponent<FilesProps> = ({
             MaxSkew: {
                 label: nlsHPCC.MaxSkew, width: 60, formatter: (value, row) => value ? `${Utility.formatDecimal(value / 100)}%` : ""
             },
-            Modified: { label: nlsHPCC.ModifiedUTCGMT },
             Accessed: { label: nlsHPCC.LastAccessed },
+            Modified: { label: nlsHPCC.ModifiedUTCGMT, formatter: currentTime },
             AtRestCost: {
                 label: nlsHPCC.FileCostAtRest,
                 formatter: (cost, row) => {
@@ -321,7 +341,14 @@ export const Files: React.FunctionComponent<FilesProps> = ({
                 pushParams(filter);
             }
         },
-    ], [currentUser, filter, hasFilter, refreshTable, selection, setShowDeleteConfirm, store, total, uiState.hasSelection, viewByScope]);
+        { key: "divider_6", itemType: ContextualMenuItemType.Divider, onRender: () => <ShortVerticalDivider /> },
+        {
+            key: "toggleTimezone",
+            text: uiState.isUTC ? nlsHPCC.SwitchToLocalTime : nlsHPCC.SwitchToUTCTime,
+            iconProps: { iconName: uiState.isUTC ? "Globe" : "Clock" },
+            onClick: toggleTimezone,
+          },
+    ], [currentUser, filter, hasFilter, refreshTable, selection, setShowDeleteConfirm, store, total, uiState.hasSelection, viewByScope, uiState.isUTC]);
 
     //  Filter  ---
     const filterFields: Fields = {};
@@ -382,4 +409,4 @@ export const Files: React.FunctionComponent<FilesProps> = ({
         ></FluentPagedFooter>}
         footerStyles={{}}
     />;
-};
+};
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diff --git a/esp/src/src/Utility.ts b/esp/src/src/Utility.ts
index cc78350ed6d..98f8270e28e 100644
--- a/esp/src/src/Utility.ts
+++ b/esp/src/src/Utility.ts
@@ -1307,4 +1307,13 @@ export function wuidToTime(wuid: string): string {
 
 export function wuidToDateTime(wuid: string): Date {
     return new Date(`${wuidToDate(wuid)}T${wuidToTime(wuid)}Z`);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+export function convertToLocalTime(dateString) {
+    const modifiedDate = new Date(dateString);
+    return modifiedDate.toLocaleString();
+  }
+  
+  export function convertToUTCTime(dateString) {
+    const modifiedDate = new Date(dateString);
+    return modifiedDate.toUTCString();
+  }
diff --git a/esp/src/src/nls/hpcc.ts b/esp/src/src/nls/hpcc.ts
index 0c79a9bcf03..73ce9737835 100644
--- a/esp/src/src/nls/hpcc.ts
+++ b/esp/src/src/nls/hpcc.ts
@@ -925,6 +925,8 @@ export = {
         SuspendedReason: "Suspended Reason",
         Statistics: "Statistics",
         SVGSource: "SVG Source",
+        SwitchToLocalTime:"Switch to Local Time",
+        SwitchToUTCTime:"Switch to UTC Time",
         SyncSelection: "Sync To Selection",
         Syntax: "Syntax",
         SystemServers: "System Servers",