diff --git a/src/components/event/EventBanner.astro b/src/components/event/EventBanner.astro
index 4d3b92c876..19ce29e847 100644
--- a/src/components/event/EventBanner.astro
+++ b/src/components/event/EventBanner.astro
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ let events = await getCollection('events');
 let now = new Date().getTime();
 events
     .map((event) => {
-        event.data.start = new Date(event.data.start_date + ' ' + event.data.start_time);
-        event.data.end = new Date(event.data.end_date + ' ' + event.data.end_time);
+        event.data.start = new Date(event.data.start_date + 'T' + event.data.start_time);
+        event.data.end = new Date(event.data.end_date + 'T' + event.data.end_time);
     })
     .sort((a, b) => {
-        return new Date(a.data.start) - new Date(b.data.start);
+        return a.data.start - b.data.start;
     });
 
 events = events.filter((event) => {
diff --git a/src/components/event/EventBannerElement.svelte b/src/components/event/EventBannerElement.svelte
index affb8332db..422653e121 100644
--- a/src/components/event/EventBannerElement.svelte
+++ b/src/components/event/EventBannerElement.svelte
@@ -1,84 +1,97 @@
 <script lang="ts">
     import { EventIsOngoing } from '@components/store';
-    import { formatDistanceToNow } from 'date-fns';
+    import { formatDistanceToNow, set } from 'date-fns';
     import ExportEventButton from '@components/event/ExportEventButton.svelte';
     import VideoButton from '@components/VideoButton.svelte';
+    import { onMount } from 'svelte';
     export let events = [];
     export let event_time_category: string = '';
 
     export let event_type_classes: {}[] = [{}];
     export let event_type_icons: {}[] = [{}];
 
-    let now = new Date().getTime();
     let backgroundIcon = '';
+
+    const event_duration = (event) => {
+        event.data.start = new Date(event.data.start_date + 'T' + event.data.start_time);
+        event.data.end = new Date(event.data.end_date + 'T' + event.data.end_time);
+        event.data.eventCountDown = formatDistanceToNow(event.data.start);
+        if (event.data.start_date === event.data.end_date) {
+            event.data.duration =
+                new Date(event.data.start).toLocaleString('en-US', {
+                    year: 'numeric',
+                    month: 'short',
+                    day: 'numeric',
+                    hour: 'numeric',
+                    minute: 'numeric',
+                    hour12: false,
+                }) +
+                '-' +
+                new Date(event.data.end).toLocaleString('en-US', {
+                    hour: 'numeric',
+                    minute: 'numeric',
+                    hour12: false,
+                });
+        } else {
+            event.data.duration =
+                new Date(event.data.start).toLocaleString('en-US', {
+                    year: 'numeric',
+                    month: 'short',
+                    day: 'numeric',
+                    hour: 'numeric',
+                    minute: 'numeric',
+                    hour12: false,
+                }) +
+                ' - ' +
+                new Date(event.data.end).toLocaleString('en-US', {
+                    year: 'numeric',
+                    month: 'short',
+                    day: 'numeric',
+                    hour: 'numeric',
+                    minute: 'numeric',
+                    hour12: false,
+                });
+        }
+    };
+
     events
         .map((event) => {
             if (event.data.title.toLowerCase().match('bytesize')) {
                 event.data.type = 'bytesize';
             }
-            if (event.data.start_date === event.data.end_date) {
-                event.data.duration =
-                    event.data.start.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                        year: 'numeric',
-                        month: 'short',
-                        day: 'numeric',
-                        hour: 'numeric',
-                        minute: 'numeric',
-                        hour12: false,
-                    }) +
-                    '-' +
-                    event.data.end.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                        hour: 'numeric',
-                        minute: 'numeric',
-                        hour12: false,
-                    });
-            } else {
-                event.data.duration =
-                    event.data.start.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                        year: 'numeric',
-                        month: 'short',
-                        day: 'numeric',
-                        hour: 'numeric',
-                        minute: 'numeric',
-                        hour12: false,
-                    }) +
-                    ' - ' +
-                    event.data.end.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                        year: 'numeric',
-                        month: 'short',
-                        day: 'numeric',
-                        hour: 'numeric',
-                        minute: 'numeric',
-                        hour12: false,
-                    });
-            }
+            event_duration(event);
+            return event;
         })
         .sort((a, b) => {
             return new Date(a.data.start) - new Date(b.data.start);
         });
     if (event_time_category === 'upcoming') {
         backgroundIcon = 'fa-alarm-clock';
-        events = events.filter((event) => {
-            let time_window = 1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-            const event_start_unix =
-                event.data.start_announcement !== undefined
-                    ? new Date(event.data.start_announcement).getTime()
-                    : event.data.start.getTime();
-            const event_end_unix = event.data.end.getTime();
+        events = events
+            .filter((event) => {
+                let time_window = 1 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+                const event_start_unix =
+                    event.data.start_announcement !== undefined
+                        ? new Date(event.data.start_announcement).getTime()
+                        : event.data.start.getTime();
+                const event_end_unix = event.data.end.getTime();
 
-            // increase time window to a week for events longer than 5 hours
-            if (event_end_unix - event_start_unix > 5 * 60 * 60 * 1000) {
-                time_window = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
-            }
-            if (event.data.start < new Date() && new Date() < event.data.end) {
-                // this is not an upcoming, but an ongoing event
-                return false;
-            }
+                // increase time window to a week for events longer than 5 hours
+                if (event_end_unix - event_start_unix > 5 * 60 * 60 * 1000) {
+                    time_window = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
+                }
+                if (event.data.start < new Date() && new Date() < event.data.end) {
+                    // this is not an upcoming, but an ongoing event
+                    return false;
+                }
 
-            if (event_start_unix < now + time_window && now < event_end_unix) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        });
+                if (event_start_unix < new Date().getTime() + time_window && new Date().getTime() < event_end_unix) {
+                    return true;
+                }
+            })
+            .sort((a, b) => {
+                return a.data.start - b.data.start;
+            });
     } else if (event_time_category === 'ongoing') {
         backgroundIcon = 'fa-broadcast-tower';
         events = events
@@ -86,7 +99,7 @@
                 return event.data.start < new Date() && new Date() < event.data.end;
             })
             .sort((a, b) => {
-                return a.data.start - b.data.start;
+                return new Date(b.data.start) - new Date(a.data.start);
             });
 
         if (events.length > 0) {
@@ -98,14 +111,12 @@
 
     let heading_title = event_time_category.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + event_time_category.slice(1) + ' event';
     heading_title = events.length > 1 ? heading_title + 's' : heading_title;
-
-    // countdown function to event start which updates every second, by making `now` and the function reactive
-
-    setInterval(() => (now = new Date().getTime()), 1000);
-    $: countdown = (event_start) => {
-        const timeLeftString = formatDistanceToNow(event_start);
-        return timeLeftString;
-    };
+    onMount(() => {
+        events.map((event) => {
+            event_duration(event);
+            return event;
+        });
+    });
 </script>
 
 {#if events.length > 0}
@@ -158,7 +169,7 @@
                                     <div class="text-nowrap ps-1">
                                         <h5>Event starts in</h5>
                                         <span class="display-6">
-                                            {@html countdown(event.data.start)}
+                                            {@html event.data.eventCountDown}
                                         </span>
                                     </div>
                                     <div class="btn-group my-2" role="group" aria-label="Event details">
diff --git a/src/components/event/EventCard.svelte b/src/components/event/EventCard.svelte
index 861d292812..2e7724723f 100644
--- a/src/components/event/EventCard.svelte
+++ b/src/components/event/EventCard.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
     import VideoButton from '@components/VideoButton.svelte';
     import ExportEventButton from '@components/event/ExportEventButton.svelte';
+    import { onMount } from 'svelte';
 
     export let frontmatter = {
         title: '',
@@ -17,43 +18,47 @@
     export let time_category: string = '';
     export let showDescription: boolean = true;
     export let narrow: boolean = false;
-    let event_date;
-    if (frontmatter.start_date === frontmatter.end_date) {
-        event_date =
-            frontmatter.start.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                year: 'numeric',
-                month: 'short',
-                day: 'numeric',
-                hour: 'numeric',
-                minute: 'numeric',
-                hour12: false,
-            }) +
-            '-' +
-            frontmatter.end.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                hour: 'numeric',
-                minute: 'numeric',
-                hour12: false,
-            });
-    } else {
-        event_date =
-            frontmatter.start.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                year: 'numeric',
-                month: 'short',
-                day: 'numeric',
-                hour: 'numeric',
-                minute: 'numeric',
-                hour12: false,
-            }) +
-            '<wbr> - <wbr>' +
-            frontmatter.end.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                year: 'numeric',
-                month: 'short',
-                day: 'numeric',
-                hour: 'numeric',
-                minute: 'numeric',
-                hour12: false,
-            });
-    }
+
+    const event_duration = (event: { start: Date; end: Date; start_date: Date; end_date: Date }) => {
+        let duration: string;
+        if (event.start_date === event.end_date) {
+            duration =
+                new Date(event.start).toLocaleString('en-US', {
+                    year: 'numeric',
+                    month: 'short',
+                    day: 'numeric',
+                    hour: 'numeric',
+                    minute: 'numeric',
+                    hour12: false,
+                }) +
+                '-' +
+                new Date(event.end).toLocaleString('en-US', {
+                    hour: 'numeric',
+                    minute: 'numeric',
+                    hour12: false,
+                });
+        } else {
+            duration =
+                new Date(event.start).toLocaleString('en-US', {
+                    year: 'numeric',
+                    month: 'short',
+                    day: 'numeric',
+                    hour: 'numeric',
+                    minute: 'numeric',
+                    hour12: false,
+                }) +
+                '<wbr> - <wbr>' +
+                new Date(event.end).toLocaleString('en-US', {
+                    year: 'numeric',
+                    month: 'short',
+                    day: 'numeric',
+                    hour: 'numeric',
+                    minute: 'numeric',
+                    hour12: false,
+                });
+        }
+        return duration;
+    };
     const event_type_classes = {
         bytesize: 'success',
         hackathon: 'primary',
@@ -61,7 +66,12 @@
         training: 'warning',
     };
 
+    let event_date: string = '';
+
     const type_class = event_type_classes[type];
+    onMount(() => {
+        event_date = event_duration(frontmatter);
+    });
 </script>
 
 <div class={'card mb-3 rounded-0 rounded-end ' + type} style="border-left-color:var(--bs-{type_class});">
@@ -71,7 +81,7 @@
                 <a class="text-center" href={/events/ + slug + '/'}>
                     {frontmatter.title}
                 </a>
-                {#if time_category === 'current'}
+                {#if time_category === 'current' && frontmatter.location_url}
                     <div class="float-end d-none d-md-inline">
                         <VideoButton urls={frontmatter.location_url} btnClass="btn-danger" />
                     </div>
@@ -114,7 +124,7 @@
                 {/if}
             </div>
         </div>
-        {#if time_category === 'current'}
+        {#if time_category === 'current' && frontmatter.location_url}
             <VideoButton
                 urls={frontmatter.location_url}
                 btnClass=" d-md-none btn-danger w-100 rounded-top-0 rounded-start-0"
diff --git a/src/components/event/EventHeader.astro b/src/components/event/EventHeader.astro
index e2724994c3..8dec6237de 100644
--- a/src/components/event/EventHeader.astro
+++ b/src/components/event/EventHeader.astro
@@ -1,30 +1,18 @@
 ---
 import ExportEventButton from '@components/event/ExportEventButton.svelte';
+import LocalDateTime from '@components/event/LocalDateTime.svelte';
 
 const { frontmatter } = Astro.props;
-const start = frontmatter.start?.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-    year: 'numeric',
-    month: 'long',
-    day: 'numeric',
-    hour: 'numeric',
-    minute: 'numeric',
-    hour12: false,
-});
-const end = frontmatter.end?.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-    year: 'numeric',
-    month: 'long',
-    day: 'numeric',
-    hour: 'numeric',
-    minute: 'numeric',
-    hour12: false,
-});
 
 if (frontmatter.start === undefined) {
-    frontmatter.start = new Date(frontmatter.start_date + ' ' + frontmatter.start_time);
+    frontmatter.start = new Date(frontmatter.start_date + 'T' + frontmatter.start_time);
 }
 if (frontmatter.end === undefined) {
-    frontmatter.end = new Date(frontmatter.end_date + ' ' + frontmatter.end_time);
+    frontmatter.end = new Date(frontmatter.end_date + 'T' + frontmatter.end_time);
 }
+const start = frontmatter.start;
+const end = frontmatter.end;
+console.log('start', frontmatter.start);
 ---
 
 <div class="">
@@ -32,9 +20,9 @@ if (frontmatter.end === undefined) {
         <div class="col">
             <dl>
                 <dt>Event start:</dt>
-                <dd>{start}</dd>
+                <dd><LocalDateTime date={start} client:visible /></dd>
                 <dt>Event end:</dt>
-                <dd>{end}</dd>
+                <dd><LocalDateTime date={end} client:visible /></dd>
             </dl>
         </div>
         <div class="col">
diff --git a/src/components/event/EventListing.svelte b/src/components/event/EventListing.svelte
index 64ef521806..fb18ef629b 100644
--- a/src/components/event/EventListing.svelte
+++ b/src/components/event/EventListing.svelte
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
             return -1;
         });
 
+    currentEvents = filteredEvents.filter((event) => {
+        const today = new Date();
+        return event.data.start < today && event.data.end > today;
+    });
+
     $: if (currentEvents.length > 0) {
         EventIsOngoing.set(true);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/components/event/ExportEventButton.svelte b/src/components/event/ExportEventButton.svelte
index 9a0a49ce5e..bc20d7af46 100644
--- a/src/components/event/ExportEventButton.svelte
+++ b/src/components/event/ExportEventButton.svelte
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
     };
 
     if (calendar_event.start === undefined) {
-        calendar_event.start = new Date(calendar_event.start_date + ' ' + calendar_event.start_time);
+        calendar_event.start = new Date(calendar_event.start_date + 'T' + calendar_event.start_time);
     }
     if (calendar_event.end === undefined) {
-        calendar_event.end = new Date(calendar_event.end_date + ' ' + calendar_event.end_time);
+        calendar_event.end = new Date(calendar_event.end_date + 'T' + calendar_event.end_time);
     }
 
     const googleCalendar = new GoogleCalendar(calendar_event).render();
diff --git a/src/components/event/LocalDateTime.svelte b/src/components/event/LocalDateTime.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c09b3cc335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/event/LocalDateTime.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+    export let date: Date;
+    export let date_options: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions = {
+        year: 'numeric',
+        month: 'long',
+        day: 'numeric',
+        hour: 'numeric',
+        minute: 'numeric',
+        hour12: false,
+    };
+    date = new Date(date);
+</script>
+
+<span>{date.toLocaleString('en-US', date_options)}</span>
diff --git a/src/components/header/SubHeader.astro b/src/components/header/SubHeader.astro
index f47de5dcc3..d0aca68e7e 100644
--- a/src/components/header/SubHeader.astro
+++ b/src/components/header/SubHeader.astro
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ const shaking = version === 'dev' ? '3deg' : '1deg';
                             <span>
                                 These pages are for an old version of the pipeline (<code>{version}</code>). The latest
                                 stable release is{' '}
-                                <a href={latest_link}>
-                                    <code>{latestVersion}</code>
-                                </a>
+                                <code>
+                                    <a href={latest_link}>{latestVersion}</a>
+                                </code>
                                 .
                             </span>
                         )}
diff --git a/src/content/config.ts b/src/content/config.ts
index 0295b443ca..467a0b20e7 100644
--- a/src/content/config.ts
+++ b/src/content/config.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,19 @@ const events = defineCollection({
         title: z.string(),
         subtitle: z.string(),
         type: z.enum(['bytesize', 'talk', 'hackathon', 'training']),
-        start_date: z.string(),
-        start_time: z.string().transform((str) => str.replace(/\s+(\w+)/, ' ($1)')),
-        end_date: z.string(),
-        end_time: z.string().transform((str) => str.replace(/\s+(\w+)/, ' ($1)')),
+        start_date: z.string().refine((s) => /^(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})$/.test(s), {
+            message: 'start_date must be in the format YYYY-MM-DD',
+        }),
+        // check that it contains a time offset
+        start_time: z.string().refine((s) => /^(\d{2}:\d{2})([+-]\d{2}:\d{2})$/.test(s), {
+            message: 'start_time must be in the format HH:MM+|-HH:MM where the +/-HH:MM is the UTC offset',
+        }),
+        end_date: z.string().refine((s) => /^(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})$/.test(s), {
+            message: 'end_date must be in the format YYYY-MM-DD',
+        }),
+        end_time: z.string().refine((s) => /^(\d{2}:\d{2})([+-]\d{2}:\d{2})$/.test(s), {
+            message: 'end_time must be in the format HH:MM+|-HH:MM where the +/-HH:MM is the UTC offset',
+        }),
         start_announcement: z.string().optional(),
         location_name: z.string().optional(),
         location_url: z.string().url().or(z.string().startsWith('#')).or(z.array(z.string().url())).optional(),
@@ -39,7 +48,6 @@ const about = defineCollection({
     }),
 });
 
-
 export const collections = {
     events: events,
     docs: docs,
diff --git a/src/content/events/2018/hackathon-scilifelab-2018.md b/src/content/events/2018/hackathon-scilifelab-2018.md
index 98ee2817bf..851088dd09 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2018/hackathon-scilifelab-2018.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2018/hackathon-scilifelab-2018.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon @ SciLifeLab
 subtitle: The 2018 nf-core hackathon held at SciLifeLab, Stockholm
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2018-08-06'
-start_time: '09:00 CST'
+start_time: '09:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2018-08-10'
-end_time: '17:00 CST'
+end_time: '17:00+01:00'
 address: Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17165 Solna, Sweden
 location_name: SciLifeLab
 location_url: https://scilifelab.se/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2018/nextflow-camp-2018.md b/src/content/events/2018/nextflow-camp-2018.md
index 9eb75c1c4d..4efca30e67 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2018/nextflow-camp-2018.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2018/nextflow-camp-2018.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: nf-core at Nextflow Camp 2018
 subtitle: First presentation of nf-core, at the Nextflow Camp 2018
 type: talk
 start_date: '2018-11-22'
-start_time: '15:20 CST'
+start_time: '15:20+01:00'
 end_date: '2018-11-22'
-end_time: '15:50 CST'
+end_time: '15:50+01:00'
 address: Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
 location_name: Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
 location_url: https://www.crg.eu/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2019/hackathon-qbic-2019.md b/src/content/events/2019/hackathon-qbic-2019.md
index 577e4300ca..edc6ac3a3f 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2019/hackathon-qbic-2019.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2019/hackathon-qbic-2019.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon @ QBiC
 subtitle: The 2019 nf-core hackathon held at QBiC, Tübingen, Germany
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2019-04-08'
-start_time: '09:00'
+start_time: '09:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2019-04-09'
-end_time: '17:00'
+end_time: '17:00+02:00'
 address: Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
 location_name: QBiC
 location_url: http://qbic.life
diff --git a/src/content/events/2019/hackathon-scilifelab-2019.md b/src/content/events/2019/hackathon-scilifelab-2019.md
index 5494cc2c79..8c820bfed1 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2019/hackathon-scilifelab-2019.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2019/hackathon-scilifelab-2019.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon @ SciLifeLab
 subtitle: The 2019 nf-core hackathon held at SciLifeLab, Stockholm
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2019-12-04'
-start_time: '09:00'
+start_time: '09:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2019-12-06'
-end_time: '17:00'
+end_time: '17:00+02:00'
 address: Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17165 Solna, Sweden
 location_name: SciLifeLab
 location_url: https://scilifelab.se/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2019/nextflow-camp-2019-community-updates.md b/src/content/events/2019/nextflow-camp-2019-community-updates.md
index fd79dbbf67..14a4011572 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2019/nextflow-camp-2019-community-updates.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2019/nextflow-camp-2019-community-updates.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'nf-core community updates'
 subtitle: 'Presentation at the Nextflow Camp 2019'
 type: talk
 start_date: '2019-09-19'
-start_time: '09:10'
+start_time: '09:10+01:00'
 end_date: '2019-09-19'
-end_time: '09:45'
+end_time: '09:45+01:00'
 address: Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
 location_name: Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
 location_url: https://www.crg.eu/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2019/nextflow-camp-2019-tutorial.md b/src/content/events/2019/nextflow-camp-2019-tutorial.md
index 02adc61de8..b0172ad3e1 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2019/nextflow-camp-2019-tutorial.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2019/nextflow-camp-2019-tutorial.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Getting started with nf-core'
 subtitle: 'Tutorial at the Nextflow Camp 2019'
 type: training
 start_date: '2019-09-19'
-start_time: '11:15'
+start_time: '11:15+01:00'
 end_date: '2019-09-19'
-end_time: '13:00'
+end_time: '13:00+01:00'
 address: Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
 location_name: Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
 location_url: https://www.crg.eu/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/BovReg-CRG-workshop-2020.md b/src/content/events/2020/BovReg-CRG-workshop-2020.md
index a9d2814a15..17d691ccf1 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/BovReg-CRG-workshop-2020.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/BovReg-CRG-workshop-2020.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: BovReg Workshop and hackathon
 subtitle: Reproducible genomics workflows using Nextflow and nf-core organized by The Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona
 type: training
 start_date: '2020-11-17'
-start_time: '09:30'
+start_time: '09:30+01:00'
 end_date: '2020-11-20'
-end_time: '17:30'
+end_time: '17:30+01:00'
 location_name: The Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona
 location_url: https://github.com/BovReg/nf-workshop20
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/aws-webinar.md b/src/content/events/2020/aws-webinar.md
index 9e8ef3e5f6..f85c720edc 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/aws-webinar.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/aws-webinar.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'AWS In Spotlight Webinar Series'
 subtitle: 'AWS In Spotlight: Research'
 type: talk
 start_date: '2020-10-14'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2020-10-14'
-end_time: '11:00 CEST'
+end_time: '11:00+02:00'
 location_name: Registration
 location_url: https://pages.awscloud.com/Nordics_InSpotlight_WebinarSeries.html
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/bosc-2020-demo.md b/src/content/events/2020/bosc-2020-demo.md
index 9ea9375600..6cd11bf929 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/bosc-2020-demo.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/bosc-2020-demo.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'BOSC 2020: nf-core poster / demo'
 subtitle: Live poster / demo showing off some new nf-core features
 type: talk
 start_date: '2020-07-21'
-start_time: '17:30'
+start_time: '17:30+02:00'
 end_date: '2020-07-21'
-end_time: '18:15'
+end_time: '18:15+02:00'
 location_name: Online
 location_url: https://bcc2020.github.io/
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/bosc-2020.md b/src/content/events/2020/bosc-2020.md
index 78b55d15ab..0b11e71d79 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/bosc-2020.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/bosc-2020.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'BOSC 2020 Lightning talk: What’s new with nf-core'
 subtitle: Bioinformatics Open Source Conference is part of BCC2020 (Bioinformatics Community Conference 2020)
 type: talk
 start_date: '2020-07-21'
-start_time: '16:15'
+start_time: '16:15+02:00'
 end_date: '2020-07-21'
-end_time: '16:20'
+end_time: '16:20+02:00'
 location_url: https://bcc2020.github.io/
 location_name: Online
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/eccb2020-workshop.md b/src/content/events/2020/eccb2020-workshop.md
index 3c114e11af..cc1a924afc 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/eccb2020-workshop.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/eccb2020-workshop.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'ECCB 2020 ELIXIR Workshop on FAIR Computational Workflows'
 subtitle: 'Scalable, reproducible bioinformatics workflows using Nextflow & nf-core'
 type: talk
 start_date: '2020-09-02'
-start_time: '15:35'
+start_time: '15:35+01:00'
 end_date: '2020-09-02'
-end_time: '15:50'
+end_time: '15:50+01:00'
 location_url: http://slides.com/apeltzer/eccb2020-nf-nf-core
 location_name: Online
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/elixir-proteomics.md b/src/content/events/2020/elixir-proteomics.md
index 577b46ac40..c9f8491ad7 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/elixir-proteomics.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/elixir-proteomics.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'ELIXIR Proteomics Community - Connection with nf-core'
 subtitle: A joint effort on the standardization of analytics workflows
 type: talk
 start_date: '2020-09-28'
-start_time: '11:00 CEST'
+start_time: '11:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2020-09-28'
-end_time: '12:00 CEST'
+end_time: '12:00+02:00'
 location_url: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/66498969128
 location_name: Zoom
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/hackathon-francis-crick-2020.md b/src/content/events/2020/hackathon-francis-crick-2020.md
index 46452ce936..0f1d8fb3b9 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/hackathon-francis-crick-2020.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/hackathon-francis-crick-2020.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon @ The Crick
 subtitle: An nf-core hackathon held at The Francis Crick Institute, London
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2020-03-04'
-start_time: '09:00'
+start_time: '09:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2020-03-06'
-end_time: '17:00'
+end_time: '17:00+01:00'
 address: 1 Midland Rd, London NW1 1ST
 location_name: The Francis Crick Institute
 location_url: https://www.crick.ac.uk/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/hackathon-july-2020.md b/src/content/events/2020/hackathon-july-2020.md
index 3256e04fcc..b43e3516e7 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/hackathon-july-2020.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/hackathon-july-2020.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon July 2020
 subtitle: The first online-only nf-core hackathon
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2020-07-13'
-start_time: '13:00'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2020-07-17'
-end_time: '17:00'
+end_time: '17:00+02:00'
 location_name: Zoom, Slack & YouTube.
 location_url: '#how-it-works'
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/ifc-mexico-seminar.md b/src/content/events/2020/ifc-mexico-seminar.md
index 168cc929f8..f9dadae0a3 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/ifc-mexico-seminar.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/ifc-mexico-seminar.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Seminario Institucional, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México'
 subtitle: 'Open and reproducible bioinformatics with Nextflow and nf-core.'
 type: talk
 start_date: '2020-12-04'
-start_time: '12:00 CST'
+start_time: '12:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2020-12-04'
-end_time: '13:00 CST'
+end_time: '13:00+01:00'
 location_name: Zoom
 location_url: https://zoom.us/j/98115333040?pwd=bHhuOFZhSksxVndWcTNMY1VUaXlTdz09
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/intro-to-eager.md b/src/content/events/2020/intro-to-eager.md
index 67ea98b4f0..319a1ace03 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/intro-to-eager.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/intro-to-eager.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Introduction to nf-core/eager
 subtitle: Introductory practical workshop to nf-core/eager
 type: training
 start_date: '2020-12-11'
-start_time: '14:00 CET'
+start_time: '14:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2020-12-11'
-end_time: '16:00 CET'
+end_time: '16:00+01:00'
 location_name: https://meet.jit.si
 location_url: '#organisational-details'
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2020/jobim-2020.md b/src/content/events/2020/jobim-2020.md
index f7ea116ac8..2892796606 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2020/jobim-2020.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2020/jobim-2020.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'JOBIM 2020: nf-core, a community effort for collaborative, peer-reviewed
 subtitle: JOBIM 2020 (Journées Ouvertes de Biologie, Informatique et Mathématique 2020)
 type: talk
 start_date: '2020-07-01'
-start_time: '11:20'
+start_time: '11:20+01:00'
 end_date: '2020-07-01'
-end_time: '11:40'
+end_time: '11:40+01:00'
 location_url: https://jobim2020.sciencesconf.org/
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-1-nf-core-into.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-1-nf-core-into.md
index e3604834b0..a74d12f372 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-1-nf-core-into.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-1-nf-core-into.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 1: Introduction to nf-core'
 subtitle: 'nf-core/bytesize: Bite-sized talks, (giga)byte-sized science!'
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-02-02'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-02-02'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/ZfxOFYXmiNw
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14160668.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-10-institutional-profiles.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-10-institutional-profiles.md
index 5ebde7dc2a..2dc2033dba 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-10-institutional-profiles.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-10-institutional-profiles.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 10: Making a new institutional profile'
 subtitle: James A. Fellows Yates - LMU Munich / MPI-EVA
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-04-27'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-04-27'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/Ym1s6sKGzkw
 location_url:
   - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1BA411V78U
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-11-dev-envs-workflows.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-11-dev-envs-workflows.md
index e702ca6600..16d3e3c850 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-11-dev-envs-workflows.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-11-dev-envs-workflows.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 11: Development environments & workflows'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels - SciLifeLab, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-05-04'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-05-04'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/XB96efweCLI
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/XB96efweCLI
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-12-template-sync.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-12-template-sync.md
index 98cc435ffd..98ac5a8c5c 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-12-template-sync.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-12-template-sync.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 12: Template sync - how to merge automated PRs'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels - SciLifeLab, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-05-11'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-05-11'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/-CZKoo5Y_08
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/-CZKoo5Y_08
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-13-tuning-pipeline-performance.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-13-tuning-pipeline-performance.md
index 2eb78a1e88..8c7e0f8995 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-13-tuning-pipeline-performance.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-13-tuning-pipeline-performance.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 13: Tuning pipeline performance'
 subtitle: Gisela Gabernet - QBiC Tübingen, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-05-18'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-05-18'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/Qw1gLpYtMec
 location_url:
   - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1z64y1k7a3
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-14-graphic-design.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-14-graphic-design.md
index 2a6b89b78e..ccdff60ddb 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-14-graphic-design.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-14-graphic-design.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 14: Graphic design / pipeline diagrams'
 subtitle: Zandra Fagernäs - MPI-SHH
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-05-25'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-05-25'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/5jZPucWXnno
 location_url:
   - https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Z54y1V78h
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-15-pipeline-first-release.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-15-pipeline-first-release.md
index 9bc6673caa..3297e953f4 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-15-pipeline-first-release.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-15-pipeline-first-release.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 15: Pipeline first release'
 subtitle: Alexander Peltzer - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-06-01'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-06-01'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/1OwkTd-P5pQ
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/1OwkTd-P5pQ
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-16-module-test-data.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-16-module-test-data.md
index 26ae8e138e..ece76be531 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-16-module-test-data.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-16-module-test-data.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 16: Modules test data'
 subtitle: Kevin Menden - QBiC Tübingen, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-06-08'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-06-08'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/QXfAerydAT0
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/QXfAerydAT0
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-17-pytest-workflow.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-17-pytest-workflow.md
index a92c7254ed..beddfe95ac 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-17-pytest-workflow.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-17-pytest-workflow.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 17: Pytest workflow'
 subtitle: Edmund Miller - University of Texas at Dallas
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-06-15'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-06-15'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/pjhscKyWH74
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/pjhscKyWH74
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-18-dev-envs-workflows.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-18-dev-envs-workflows.md
index 7c6faf44b9..cb3326a2f0 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-18-dev-envs-workflows.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-18-dev-envs-workflows.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 18: Development environments & workflows II'
 subtitle: Maxime Garcia - SciLifeLab / Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-06-22'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-06-22'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/OF55x-FT5WE
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/OF55x-FT5WE
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-19-aws-megatests.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-19-aws-megatests.md
index 25c8b445de..f180bcd219 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-19-aws-megatests.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-19-aws-megatests.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 19: Setting up AWS megatests'
 subtitle: Gisela Gabernet - QBiC Tübingen, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-09-14'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-09-14'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/2-ekrRsYS00
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/2-ekrRsYS00
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-2-configs.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-2-configs.md
index f1bf228bce..7f828c3e76 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-2-configs.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-2-configs.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 2: How nf-core configs work'
 subtitle: Maxime Garcia - SciLifeLab / Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-02-09'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-02-09'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/cXBYusdjrc0
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14160347.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-20-nextflow-tower.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-20-nextflow-tower.md
index b71ff30577..295a34a384 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-20-nextflow-tower.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-20-nextflow-tower.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 20: Nextflow Tower'
 subtitle: Evan Floden - Seqera Labs, Spain
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-09-21'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-09-21'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/zS_hbXQmHbI
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/zS_hbXQmHbI
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-21-nf-core-mhcquant.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-21-nf-core-mhcquant.md
index 31a542cd5e..8c2a1677b7 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-21-nf-core-mhcquant.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-21-nf-core-mhcquant.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 21: nf-core/mhcquant'
 subtitle: Leon Bichmann - University of Tuebingen, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-09-28'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-09-28'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'mhcquant'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/NCKkSssE_4w
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-22-nf-core-eager.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-22-nf-core-eager.md
index 68b0fac103..c08314c894 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-22-nf-core-eager.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-22-nf-core-eager.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 22: nf-core/eager'
 subtitle: James Fellows Yates - MPI-EVA, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-10-05'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-10-05'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'eager'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/fObuLeGhQRo
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-23-nf-core-hic.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-23-nf-core-hic.md
index fcfc9342be..0f36c974e1 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-23-nf-core-hic.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-23-nf-core-hic.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 23: nf-core/hic'
 subtitle: Nicolas Servant - Institut Curie, France
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-10-12'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-10-12'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'hic'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/AFHaX_GRNBU
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-24-dsl2-pipeline-starter.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-24-dsl2-pipeline-starter.md
index a633dbd3c5..81488356e1 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-24-dsl2-pipeline-starter.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-24-dsl2-pipeline-starter.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 24: Where do I start writing my own DSL2 pipeline?!'
 subtitle: Harshil Patel - Seqera Labs, Spain
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-10-19'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-10-19'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/Z_uPj7fAes8
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/Z_uPj7fAes8
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-25-nf-core-ampliseq.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-25-nf-core-ampliseq.md
index 3edf37b3da..d641b6f0c6 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-25-nf-core-ampliseq.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-25-nf-core-ampliseq.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 25: nf-core/ampliseq'
 subtitle: Daniel Straub - QBic, University of Tuebingen, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-10-26'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-10-26'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'ampliseq'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/a0VOEeAvETs
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-26-nf-core-metaboigniter.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-26-nf-core-metaboigniter.md
index ab97281cb4..942030d2ea 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-26-nf-core-metaboigniter.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-26-nf-core-metaboigniter.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 26: nf-core/metaboigniter'
 subtitle: Payam Emami - NBIS, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-11-02'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-11-02'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'metaboigniter'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/hPBrlwbsvsk
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-27-nf-core-smrna.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-27-nf-core-smrna.md
index d4a62392de..1ca7578a79 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-27-nf-core-smrna.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-27-nf-core-smrna.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 27: nf-core/smrnaseq'
 subtitle: Lorena Pantano - NextRNA Therapeutics, USA
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-11-09'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-11-09'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'smrnaseq'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/4YLQ2VwpCJE
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-28-nf-core-sarek.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-28-nf-core-sarek.md
index d2cbf10770..ac4e4eaa0c 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-28-nf-core-sarek.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-28-nf-core-sarek.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 28: nf-core/sarek'
 subtitle: José Fernández Navarro - BioLizard, Spain
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-11-23'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-11-23'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'sarek'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/6EIGUe5sjNo
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-29-nf-core-coproid.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-29-nf-core-coproid.md
index 61a64a2974..9b24a66429 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-29-nf-core-coproid.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-29-nf-core-coproid.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 29: nf-core/coproid'
 subtitle: Maxime Borry - MPI-SHH, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-11-30'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-11-30'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'coproid'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/gU4jx1pb8Tw
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-3-code-structure.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-3-code-structure.md
index 0b8f4d3cce..719f5e049a 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-3-code-structure.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-3-code-structure.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 3: Pipeline code structure walkthrough'
 subtitle: Gisela Gabernet - QBiC Tübingen, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-02-16'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-02-16'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/FFTNVbdD5pQ
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14160677.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-30-nf-core-pgdb.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-30-nf-core-pgdb.md
index 735ed8df84..5187d2e0fe 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-30-nf-core-pgdb.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-30-nf-core-pgdb.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 30: nf-core/pgdb'
 subtitle: Yasset Perez-Riverol - EMBL-EBI, United Kingdom
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-12-07'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-12-07'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'pgdb'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbyX3xmTT38
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-4-github-contribution-basics.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-4-github-contribution-basics.md
index 7a2279536c..cccdc26b2c 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-4-github-contribution-basics.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-4-github-contribution-basics.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 4: GitHub contribution basics'
 subtitle: Alexander Peltzer - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-02-23'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-02-23'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/gTEXDXWf4hE
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14160680.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-5-dsl2-module-development.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-5-dsl2-module-development.md
index c5ada0cd70..6b53ad06db 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-5-dsl2-module-development.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-5-dsl2-module-development.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 5: DSL2 module development'
 subtitle: Harshil Patel - Francis Crick Institiute, UK
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-03-02'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-03-02'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/ggGGhTMgyHI
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.14160116.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-6-dsl2-using-modules-pipelines.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-6-dsl2-using-modules-pipelines.md
index 24bf248d67..d874c7157b 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-6-dsl2-using-modules-pipelines.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-6-dsl2-using-modules-pipelines.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 6: All about modules'
 subtitle: Friederike Hanssen / Kevin Menden - QBiC Tübingen, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-03-09'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-03-09'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed:
   - https://www.youtube.com/embed/tWvou0xj9wA
   - https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wc4A2tQ6WWY
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-7-nf-core-ci-tests.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-7-nf-core-ci-tests.md
index 8649900ec7..24776a5f09 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-7-nf-core-ci-tests.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-7-nf-core-ci-tests.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 7: Making the CI tests pass'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels - SciLifeLab, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-03-16'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-03-16'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/U9LG_mMQFMY
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/U9LG_mMQFMY
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-8-nf-core-offline.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-8-nf-core-offline.md
index 6bb3f5b7f6..f274aec071 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-8-nf-core-offline.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-8-nf-core-offline.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 8: Running pipelines offline'
 subtitle: Maxime Garcia - SciLifeLab / Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-04-13'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-04-13'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/N1rRr4J0Lps
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/N1rRr4J0Lps
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-9-json-schema.md b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-9-json-schema.md
index 9ae15a5962..a3c29b215d 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-9-json-schema.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/bytesize-9-json-schema.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 9: JSON-schema: What, why and how'
 subtitle: Matthias Hörtenhuber - Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-04-20'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-04-20'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/PU6vAj_7WRM
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/PU6vAj_7WRM
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/elixir-workflow-training-event.md b/src/content/events/2021/elixir-workflow-training-event.md
index 485415dea0..483e755af1 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/elixir-workflow-training-event.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/elixir-workflow-training-event.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'ELIXIR Reproducible Research Workshop - Nextflow and nf-core'
 subtitle: Trainings on Nextflow and nf-core as part of the ELIXIR workshop
 type: training
 start_date: '2021-12-01'
-start_time: '09:30 CEST'
+start_time: '09:30+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-12-01'
-end_time: '15:00 CEST'
+end_time: '15:00+02:00'
 location_url:
   - https://elixir-workflow-workshop.github.io/2021/
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/genomeweb.md b/src/content/events/2021/genomeweb.md
index f06843612a..06a272b824 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/genomeweb.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/genomeweb.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'GenomeWeb Webinar'
 subtitle: Managing Bioinformatics Pipelines in the Cloud to Do More Science
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-12-01'
-start_time: '17:00 CET'
+start_time: '17:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-12-01'
-end_time: '18:00 CET'
+end_time: '18:00+01:00'
 location_url:
   - https://www.genomeweb.com/events/managing-bioinformatics-pipelines-cloud-do-more-science
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/hackathon-march-2021.md b/src/content/events/2021/hackathon-march-2021.md
index 137d2fe3c0..bf7f7f328d 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/hackathon-march-2021.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/hackathon-march-2021.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2021
 subtitle: A virtual online hackathon to develop nf-core together.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2021-03-22'
-start_time: '10:00 CET'
+start_time: '10:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2021-03-24'
-end_time: '18:00 CET'
+end_time: '18:00+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/cuwcgZX6Li8
 location_name: Zoom, Slack & YouTube.
 location_url: '#how-it-works'
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/hackathon-october-2021.md b/src/content/events/2021/hackathon-october-2021.md
index cac5f3baca..f6ee5ab983 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/hackathon-october-2021.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/hackathon-october-2021.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - October 2021
 subtitle: A virtual online hackathon to develop nf-core together
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2021-10-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-10-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: Gather town and Slack.
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2021/seqera-cloud-series-azure.md b/src/content/events/2021/seqera-cloud-series-azure.md
index c135287508..cabf037dcf 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2021/seqera-cloud-series-azure.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2021/seqera-cloud-series-azure.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Seqera Labs Cloud Webinar Series - Nextflow on Azure Batch'
 subtitle: An overview of Nextflow and its integration with Azure Batch
 type: talk
 start_date: '2021-04-22'
-start_time: '18:00 CEST'
+start_time: '18:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2021-04-22'
-end_time: '19:00 CEST'
+end_time: '19:00+02:00'
 location_url:
   - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4216189082422/WN_51zfR1OBQmWicoc09Jgf8g
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-31-nf-core-dualrnaseq.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-31-nf-core-dualrnaseq.md
index d54f56289c..06b927b542 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-31-nf-core-dualrnaseq.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-31-nf-core-dualrnaseq.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 31: nf-core/dualrnaseq'
 subtitle: Regan Hayward - Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research , Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-02-01'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-02-01'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'dualrnaseq'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J3Cbetk8Pk
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-32-nf-core-rnaseq.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-32-nf-core-rnaseq.md
index 04e68afc65..396a7fa11a 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-32-nf-core-rnaseq.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-32-nf-core-rnaseq.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 32: nf-core/rnaseq'
 subtitle: Harshil Patel - Seqera Labs, Spain/UK
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-02-08'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-02-08'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'rnaseq'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMuUt8oVhHw
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-33-tower-cli.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-33-tower-cli.md
index 42e4b9f7e3..e96e98b236 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-33-tower-cli.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-33-tower-cli.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 33: Nextflow Tower CLI'
 subtitle: Evan Floden - Seqera Labs, Spain
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-02-15'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-02-15'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/MggFf15vGCw
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/MggFf15vGCw
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-34-dsl2-syntax.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-34-dsl2-syntax.md
index 26b7d15437..9ab389b340 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-34-dsl2-syntax.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-34-dsl2-syntax.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 34: Updates on the new DSL2 syntax'
 subtitle: Maxime Garcia - SciLifeLab / Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-02-22'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-02-22'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/17NqUsh73BU
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/17NqUsh73BU
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-35-debugging-pipeline.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-35-debugging-pipeline.md
index c7223690c2..76a8572ba4 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-35-debugging-pipeline.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-35-debugging-pipeline.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 35: Troubleshooting a failed pipeline'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels - National Genomics Infrastructure / SciLifeLab, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-03-01'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-03-01'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/z9n2F4ByIkY
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/z9n2F4ByIkY
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-36-multiqc.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-36-multiqc.md
index caff687d21..73df43d600 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-36-multiqc.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-36-multiqc.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 36: Customising your MultiQC reports'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels - National Genomics Infrastructure / SciLifeLab, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-03-08'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-03-08'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3_IYSMrKAk
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3_IYSMrKAk
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-37-gathertown.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-37-gathertown.md
index d82fbcfc8b..d09cbf07f6 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-37-gathertown.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-37-gathertown.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 37: Gather Town'
 subtitle: James A. Fellows Yates - Leibniz-HKI / MPI-EVA
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-03-15'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-03-15'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRY1_FvL7Pk
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRY1_FvL7Pk
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-40-software-packaging.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-40-software-packaging.md
index 2ec75b56fc..b3c565d775 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-40-software-packaging.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-40-software-packaging.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 40: Software packaging'
 subtitle: Alexander Peltzer - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-04-05'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-04-05'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZpcYtKDZrU
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZpcYtKDZrU
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-41-prettier.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-41-prettier.md
index d56bb8b5d7..f8a6a77446 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-41-prettier.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-41-prettier.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 41: Code linting tools'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels - National Genomics Infrastructure / SciLifeLab, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-04-12'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-04-12'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO4lSma3OA8
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZO4lSma3OA8
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-Subworkflows.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-Subworkflows.md
index a17a1f4239..6766070349 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-Subworkflows.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-Subworkflows.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Subworkflows'
 subtitle: Maxime Garcia, Seqera labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-11-22'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-11-22'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vHAXsuYQhE
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21617526.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-bactopia.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-bactopia.md
index 9fb412e7ac..01d7af9450 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-bactopia.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-bactopia.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Bactopia & using nf-core components in non-nf-core pipelines'
 subtitle: Robert A Petit III - Wyoming Public Health Lab, USA
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-07-19'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-07-19'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egjgcmeJ0wQ
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egjgcmeJ0wQ
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-chipseq.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-chipseq.md
index 60ba6abfd2..26814639a8 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-chipseq.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-chipseq.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/chipseq'
 subtitle: Jose Espinosa-Carrasco - Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-07-26'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-07-26'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'chipseq'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59I-4wB1z4c
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-custom_scripts.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-custom_scripts.md
index db07dc9074..67b1abbbed 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-custom_scripts.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-custom_scripts.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: using custom scripts in Nextflow pipelines'
 subtitle: Chris Hakkaart, Seqera labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-11-15'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-11-15'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aA5-s8PAF0
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21572238.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-cutandrun.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-cutandrun.md
index 6d2661f78d..d4b52773b9 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-cutandrun.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-cutandrun.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize 2022-05-17: nf-core/cutandrun'
 subtitle: Chris Cheshire, The Francis Crick Institute, UK
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-05-17'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-05-17'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'cutandrun'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj5i9deNPHA
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-dsl2-coding-styles-pt1.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-dsl2-coding-styles-pt1.md
index 190f90e8d7..4d210e7ce8 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-dsl2-coding-styles-pt1.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-dsl2-coding-styles-pt1.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: DSL2 Coding style recommendations (Part 1)'
 subtitle: Maxime Garcia - Barncancerfonden, Stockholm, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-07-05'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-07-05'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnYPzZ0Dd-Y
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnYPzZ0Dd-Y
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-gitpod.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-gitpod.md
index 68409883be..ebde5d186e 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-gitpod.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-gitpod.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: gitpod.io'
 subtitle: Chris Wyatt - Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-06-14'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-06-14'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBoC6QBU-M0
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBoC6QBU-M0
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-inkscape.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-inkscape.md
index 451982b39f..feef82261a 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-inkscape.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-inkscape.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/inkscape and tube map diagrams'
 subtitle: James Fellows Yates - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-07-12'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-07-12'
-end_time: '13:45 CEST'
+end_time: '13:45+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vKhfedYKGo
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vKhfedYKGo
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-nanoseq.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-nanoseq.md
index 4095a38b4a..a544b32ec7 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-nanoseq.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-nanoseq.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/nanoseq'
 subtitle: Yuk Kei Wan - Genome Institute of Singapore and National University of Singapore
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-06-21'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-06-21'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'nanoseq'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM1A0_GD2vQ
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-nascent.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-nascent.md
index d805a78102..85a0ce39ec 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-nascent.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-nascent.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/nascent'
 subtitle: Edmund Miller - University of Texas at Dallas, USA
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-11-01'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-11-01'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chayGGPTnfM
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21444867.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-proteinfold.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-proteinfold.md
index 9c2923edd6..ee33db172b 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-proteinfold.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-proteinfold.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/proteinfold'
 subtitle: Athanasios Baltzis - Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-09-20'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-09-20'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'proteinfold'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441P_GzrI-o
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-resources-to-learn-nextflow.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-resources-to-learn-nextflow.md
index 276fc60bf4..f48330280d 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-resources-to-learn-nextflow.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-resources-to-learn-nextflow.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: resources to learn Nextflow'
 subtitle: Sateesh Peri - Bioinformatics Pipeline Engineer, Bluestar Genomics
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-05-31'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-05-31'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO7rAp-QZOk
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO7rAp-QZOk
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-rnafusion.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-rnafusion.md
index 6520ca475a..17a9cfcbc6 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-rnafusion.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-rnafusion.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/rnafusion'
 subtitle: Annick Renevey - Karolinska Institutet
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-09-13'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-09-13'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'rnafusion'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP47pokiPB4
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-survey_results.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-survey_results.md
index d2929f3c00..556a5eeb11 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-survey_results.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-survey_results.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: The Nextflow and nf-core community survey'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels - Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-05-24'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-05-24'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://youtu.be/DYdPNPVa4wc
 location_url:
   - https://youtu.be/DYdPNPVa4wc
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-viralrecon.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-viralrecon.md
index 7defc2d4a1..78e4e923f7 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-viralrecon.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-viralrecon.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/viralrecon'
 subtitle: Sara Monzón and Sarai Varona - Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-06-07'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-06-07'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 embed_at: 'viralrecon'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1ThKn4p4u0
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-working_with_github.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-working_with_github.md
index b13ecbf12e..f2af5cee10 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-working_with_github.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize-working_with_github.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Working with GitHub using VSCode and Github CLI'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels, Seqera labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-11-29'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-11-29'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLxXtCe1vIo
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21647114.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_community-update.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_community-update.md
index e941831eae..0a68715657 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_community-update.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_community-update.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: community updates Sep 2022'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-09-27'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-09-27'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXXeAcHnDBo
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXXeAcHnDBo
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_configure_lint_tests.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_configure_lint_tests.md
index c9bfc31f4a..43ee4e7d07 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_configure_lint_tests.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_configure_lint_tests.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Configuring lint tests'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels, Seqera labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-11-08'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-11-08'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiXh3Dvpq5E
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21533151.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_nf-core-airrflow.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_nf-core-airrflow.md
index c35aece7cc..375b59c73b 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_nf-core-airrflow.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_nf-core-airrflow.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/airrflow'
 subtitle: Gisela Gabernet, QBiC, University of Tübingen
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-10-25'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-10-25'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrJgxVRVlqY
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21407004.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_nftest.md b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_nftest.md
index fd6bd7ef87..47e4a017e6 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_nftest.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/bytesize_nftest.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-test'
 subtitle: Edmund Miller, University of Texas at Dallas
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-12-06'
-start_time: '14:00 CET'
+start_time: '14:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-12-06'
-end_time: '14:30 CET'
+end_time: '14:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9B7JRkMpQ4
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21695195.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/euro-faang-workshop.md b/src/content/events/2022/euro-faang-workshop.md
index f6a5391a31..46036f34ca 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/euro-faang-workshop.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/euro-faang-workshop.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'EuroFAANG Training Workshop'
 subtitle: 'Best practice for preparing pipelines in nf-core and recording pipeline usage in FAANG submissions'
 type: talk
 start_date: '2022-04-07'
-start_time: '14:50'
+start_time: '14:50+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-04-07'
-end_time: '15:50'
+end_time: '15:50+02:00'
 location_name: Registration
 location_url: https://embl-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtfuuhrDMjGdORfl_Wu72X2f9HsR9zOmt2
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/hackathon-march-2022.md b/src/content/events/2022/hackathon-march-2022.md
index 51a7d3a0a2..81a4c4d92c 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/hackathon-march-2022.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/hackathon-march-2022.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2022
 subtitle: A virtual online hackathon to develop nf-core together
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2022-03-16'
-start_time: '10:00 CET'
+start_time: '10:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2022-03-18'
-end_time: '18:00 CET'
+end_time: '18:00+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ8xX4Jk4zU
 location_name: Gather town and Slack.
 location_url: https://gather.town/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/hackathon-october-2022.md b/src/content/events/2022/hackathon-october-2022.md
index e66035d7cb..5dd41d9fd3 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/hackathon-october-2022.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/hackathon-october-2022.md
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 title: Hackathon - October 2022 (Barcelona)
 subtitle: A hybrid hackathon held in Barcelona and online
 type: hackathon
-start_announcement: '2022-08-02 12:00 CEST'
+start_announcement: '2022-08-02T12:00+02:00'
 start_date: '2022-10-10'
-start_time: '11:00 CEST'
+start_time: '11:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-10-12'
-end_time: '13:00 CEST'
+end_time: '13:00+02:00'
 location_name: Barcelona, Spain
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2022/training-october-2022.md b/src/content/events/2022/training-october-2022.md
index cf615f2d7d..a4572ffac8 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2022/training-october-2022.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2022/training-october-2022.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: nf-core Training - October 2022
 subtitle: A set of global online Nextflow and nf-core training events
 type: training
 start_date: '2022-10-03'
-start_time: '05:00 CEST'
+start_time: '05:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2022-10-05'
-end_time: '21:30 CEST'
+end_time: '21:30+02:00'
 location_name: YouTube
 location_url:
   - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3xpfTVZLcNiqYQ41g0fvyTQazpafFvOn
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_beginners_guide.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_beginners_guide.md
index 832c11ea1d..e2a7d97ed2 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_beginners_guide.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_beginners_guide.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: A beginners guide to nf-core'
 subtitle: Franziska Bonath, National Genomics Infrastructure, Stockholm
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-09-12'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-09-12'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 location_url: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68390542812
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_crisprseq.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_crisprseq.md
index 0c1d6d2311..142c1fb4bf 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_crisprseq.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_crisprseq.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/crisprseq'
 subtitle: Júlia Mir (QBiC, Tübingen University) and Marta Sanvincente (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona)
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-02-14'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-02-14'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'crisprseq'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_eFQW0nNvo
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_custom_configs.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_custom_configs.md
index 923d9ff284..127f76fd45 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_custom_configs.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_custom_configs.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Using nf-core configs in custom pipelines'
 subtitle: Judith Ballesteros, Max Planck Institute for evolutionary anthropology
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-10-10'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-10-10'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 location_url: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68390542812
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_funcscan.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_funcscan.md
index 44899cc90c..8e9e3a57d5 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_funcscan.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_funcscan.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/funcscan'
 subtitle: Jasmin Frangenberg - Dept. Palaeobiotechnology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Hans Knöll Institute
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-01-24'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-01-24'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'funcscan'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1CnE6jPhpg
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_git_concepts.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_git_concepts.md
index 31c308e7c0..ac31137740 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_git_concepts.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_git_concepts.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: git concepts'
 subtitle: Edmund Miller, The University of Texas at Dallas
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-12-12'
-start_time: '14:30 CET'
+start_time: '14:30+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-12-12'
-end_time: '15:00 CET'
+end_time: '15:00+01:00'
 location_url: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68390542812
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_gitpod.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_gitpod.md
index 5d7113d1a2..5a2d12ede6 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_gitpod.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_gitpod.md
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Setting up a gitpod environment'
 subtitle: Marcel Ribeiro-Dantas, Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-09-05'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8BShfyieZs&ab_channel=nf-core
 end_date: '2023-09-05'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 location_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8BShfyieZs&ab_channel=nf-core
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_hackMD_reveal_js.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_hackMD_reveal_js.md
index 14864b419c..0eae38f28c 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_hackMD_reveal_js.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_hackMD_reveal_js.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: HackMD and reveal.js'
 subtitle: Maxime Garcia, Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-04-18'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-04-18'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqAKuwwNFf0
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22656934.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_hgtseq.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_hgtseq.md
index c8734b1bb4..8ea477588d 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_hgtseq.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_hgtseq.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/hgtseq'
 subtitle: Francesco Lescai - Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-03-21'
-start_time: '13:30 CET'
+start_time: '13:30+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-21'
-end_time: '14:00 CET'
+end_time: '14:00+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDaRt2L-tRw&list=PL3xpfTVZLcNiSvvPWORbO32S1WDJqKp1e&index=69
 embed_at: 'hgtseq'
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_mag.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_mag.md
index cabada74cb..af5feb681d 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_mag.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_mag.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/mag'
 subtitle: Sabrina Krakau - University Tübingen, QBiC
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-02-28'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-02-28'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiorfDHeoLo
 embed_at: 'mag'
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_mentoring.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_mentoring.md
index 4cef5d8b8e..0c1095bc27 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_mentoring.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_mentoring.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Experiences in the nf-core Mentoring Program'
 subtitle: Mariana Guilardi (Federal University of Sao Paulo, UNIFESP) and Alyssa Briggs (The University of Texas at Dallas)
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-05-09'
-start_time: '14:00 CEST'
+start_time: '14:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-05-09'
-end_time: '14:30 CEST'
+end_time: '14:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8gvK1drt0w
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8gvK1drt0w
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_modules_patch.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_modules_patch.md
index 4f721a6cc9..47b69bd182 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_modules_patch.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_modules_patch.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core modules patch'
 subtitle: Phil Ewels - Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-03-07'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-07'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pu6Ikhi1eU
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22231987.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_nf-core-taxprofiler.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_nf-core-taxprofiler.md
index 0848b868e6..cb3658f8ca 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_nf-core-taxprofiler.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_nf-core-taxprofiler.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/taxprofiler'
 subtitle: Sofia Stamouli, Karolinska Institutet
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-01-17'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-01-17'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 embed_at: 'taxprofiler'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1EQtidJiUY
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_nf_validation.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_nf_validation.md
index e694c00d5f..d7483108bf 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_nf_validation.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_nf_validation.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-validation'
 subtitle: Júlia Mir Pedrol, QBIC and Nicolas Vannieuwkerke, Center for Medical Genetics Ghent
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-06-06'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-06-06'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr9FTlQayIE
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr9FTlQayIE
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_pangenome.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_pangenome.md
index c1ef602183..b5ecd7cc5b 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_pangenome.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_pangenome.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/pangenome'
 subtitle: Simon Heumos, QBiC, University of Tübingen
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-11-07'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-11-07'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 location_url: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68390542812
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_precommit.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_precommit.md
index 98938972fd..81eb0333b2 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_precommit.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_precommit.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/pre-commit'
 subtitle: Matthias Hörtenhuber, Scilifelab Data Centre, Sweden
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-02-07'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-02-07'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08d6zv6zvdM
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22047485.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_python_packaging.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_python_packaging.md
index 06ce0a1c41..be8f29ce53 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_python_packaging.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_python_packaging.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Converting Python scripts into packages for PyPI, Bioconda & B
 subtitle: Phil Ewels - Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-05-02'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-05-02'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOuS6mXCwhk
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOuS6mXCwhk
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_quantms.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_quantms.md
index b7aeb5cb43..af3693d09c 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_quantms.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_quantms.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/quantms'
 subtitle: Julianus Pfeuffer (Zuse Institute Berlin) and Yasset Perez Riverol (EMBL-EBI)
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-05-30'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-05-30'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBzelkgrPgQ
 embed_at: quantms
 location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_survey_2023.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_survey_2023.md
index f2db93fd67..f7f7346a59 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_survey_2023.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_survey_2023.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core community survey 2023'
 subtitle: Christopher Hakkaart - Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-05-16'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-05-16'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnI3IgGNq3o
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnI3IgGNq3o
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_transcripts.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_transcripts.md
index 3a1dcd16b5..67974c8d8a 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_transcripts.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_transcripts.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: transcripts of bytesize talks'
 subtitle: Franziska Bonath - NGI, Stockholm
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-01-31'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-01-31'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amwwmFMwOYw
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21995243.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_translations.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_translations.md
index 4cea9ccfc8..bef1ef1c09 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_translations.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_translations.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: training translations'
 subtitle: Marcel Ribeiro-Dantas, Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-04-25'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-04-25'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfHwOrB7VfA
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfHwOrB7VfA
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_variantcatalog.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_variantcatalog.md
index 37df1964cd..4ff70258de 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_variantcatalog.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_variantcatalog.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: variantcatalogue'
 subtitle: Solenne Correard, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-02-21'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-02-21'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em1cHCLQQ_c
 location_url:
   - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.22140854.v1
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_viralintegration.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_viralintegration.md
index d7c27e335f..c004e71933 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_viralintegration.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_viralintegration.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: nf-core/viralintegration'
 subtitle: Alyssa Briggs, The University of Texas at Dallas
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-10-24'
-start_time: '14:30 CEST'
+start_time: '14:30+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-10-24'
-end_time: '15:30 CEST'
+end_time: '15:30+02:00'
 location_url: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68390542812
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_wave_containers.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_wave_containers.md
index 5c54c9d991..65ec075589 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_wave_containers.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_wave_containers.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Using Wave Containers'
 subtitle: Marcel Ribeiro-Dantas, Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-09-19'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-09-19'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 location_url: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68390542812
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_website.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_website.md
index f2f3cc1737..7888939024 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_website.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_website.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: The new nf-core website'
 subtitle: Matthias Hörtenhuber, Scilifelab Data Center
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-10-03'
-start_time: '13:00 CEST'
+start_time: '13:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-10-03'
-end_time: '13:30 CEST'
+end_time: '13:30+02:00'
 location_url: https://kth-se.zoom.us/j/68390542812
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_workflow_safety.md b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_workflow_safety.md
index 8bad627d17..5f33f4fafa 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_workflow_safety.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/bytesize_workflow_safety.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: 'Bytesize: Workflow safety and immutable objects'
 subtitle: Rob Syme, Seqera Labs
 type: talk
 start_date: '2023-05-23'
-start_time: '13:00 CET'
+start_time: '13:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-05-23'
-end_time: '13:30 CET'
+end_time: '13:30+01:00'
 youtube_embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A357C-ux6Dw
 location_url:
   - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A357C-ux6Dw
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/br-ufrn.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/br-ufrn.md
index 701f546448..3b0c409c7b 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/br-ufrn.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/br-ufrn.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Natal)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '14:00 CEST'
+start_time: '14:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '22:00 CEST'
+end_time: '22:00+02:00'
 location_name: Brain Institute, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
 address: Av. Senador Salgado Filho, 3000 Campus Universitário, Lagoa Nova - Natal / RN 59078-900
 location_url: https://neuro.ufrn.br
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/france-igdr.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/france-igdr.md
index 1536cc8135..b11ba3f708 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/france-igdr.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/france-igdr.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Rennes)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at the Institute Genetics & Development of Rennes.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '17:00 CEST'
+end_time: '17:00+02:00'
 location_name: Institute Genetics & Development of Rennes
 address: 2 avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, CS 34317 / 35043 Rennes Cedex, France
 location_url: https://igdr.univ-rennes1.fr/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/germany-mpi-eva.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/germany-mpi-eva.md
index 7a673db3b9..ae6a3f70b6 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/germany-mpi-eva.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/germany-mpi-eva.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Leipzig)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at MPI-EVA, Leipzig.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: MPI-EVA
 address: Deutscher Pl. 6, 04103 Leipzig
 location_url: https://www.eva.mpg.de/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/germany-qbic.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/germany-qbic.md
index 8c23773272..662f95a037 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/germany-qbic.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/germany-qbic.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Tübingen)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at QBiC, Tübingen.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '09:30 CEST'
+start_time: '09:30+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: QBiC
 address: Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
 location_url: http://qbic.life
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/index.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/index.md
index 21d0d95b82..b403e48596 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/index.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/index.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Online)
 subtitle: A virtual hackathon with local gatherings to develop nf-core together
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: Gather town, Slack, and local sites.
 import_typeform: true
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/italy-unipv.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/italy-unipv.md
index d6c8833e85..da4a502dca 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/italy-unipv.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/italy-unipv.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Pavia)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at DBB, Pavia.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: DBB
 address: Via Ferrata 9, 27100 Pavia, Italy
 location_url: https://dbb.dip.unipv.it/en
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/krakow-ardigen.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/krakow-ardigen.md
index b2b4c2c63d..23a007a4e8 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/krakow-ardigen.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/krakow-ardigen.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Krakow)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at Ardigen, Kraków.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '09:00 CEST'
+start_time: '09:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '17:00 CEST'
+end_time: '17:00+02:00'
 location_name: Ardigen
 address: Podole, 76, 30-394, Kraków, Poland
 location_url: https://ardigen.com/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/rs-apis-belgrade.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/rs-apis-belgrade.md
index fa243ba48e..54dbb800fb 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/rs-apis-belgrade.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/rs-apis-belgrade.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (APIS Assay Technologies Ltd)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core Hackathon at Startit Centar, by APIS Assay Technologies Ltd, Belgrade.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '09:00 CET'
+start_time: '09:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '17:00 CET'
+end_time: '17:00+01:00'
 location_name: Startit Centar, Beograd
 address: Savska 5, Belgrade 11000, Serbia
 location_url: https://startit.rs/beograd/
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ Please use the [main registration form](https://nf-co.re/events/2023/hackathon-m
                 <td>Final wrap-up<br>Location: Lecture Theatre</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
-                <td data-timestamp="1679925600" data-timeformat="HH:mm z">16:00 CET</td>
+                <td data-timestamp="1679925600" data-timeformat="HH:mm z">16:00+01:00</td>
                 <td>Hack!</td>
                 <td>Hack!</td>
                 <td>End of hack day!</td>
             </tr>
 	        <tr>
-                <td data-timestamp="1679929200" data-timeformat="HH:mm z">17:00 CET</td>
+                <td data-timestamp="1679929200" data-timeformat="HH:mm z">17:00+01:00</td>
                 <td>End of hack day!</td>
                 <td>End of hack day!</td>
                 <td>//</td>
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/senegal-pasteur-dakar.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/senegal-pasteur-dakar.md
index a2899d1f37..fbd3ae2379 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/senegal-pasteur-dakar.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/senegal-pasteur-dakar.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Dakar)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at Institut Pasteur, Dakar.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: Institut Pasteur, Dakar
 address: 36 Avenue Pasteur, BP220, Dakar - Senegal
 location_url: https://www.pasteur.sn/en
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/south-africa-stellenbosch.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/south-africa-stellenbosch.md
index 96ac651780..f6eccfe43e 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/south-africa-stellenbosch.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/south-africa-stellenbosch.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Tygerberg, South Africa)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg campus.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 SAST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '16:00 SAST'
+end_time: '16:00+02:00'
 location_name: Tygerberg campus, Stellenbosch University
 location_url:
   - https://www.sun.ac.za/english/faculty/healthsciences/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/spain-crg.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/spain-crg.md
index 0a94ee7787..f3944951fb 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/spain-crg.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/spain-crg.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Barcelona)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at the CRG, Barcelona
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
 address: Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
 location_url: https://www.crg.eu/
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/sweden-scilifelab.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/sweden-scilifelab.md
index 23f4d4cbc3..520494df87 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/sweden-scilifelab.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/sweden-scilifelab.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Stockholm)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at SciLifeLab, Stockholm.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: SciLifeLab
 address: Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17165 Solna, Sweden
 location_url: https://scilifelab.se/
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Primary contact: [<i class="fab fa-slack"></i> Franziska Bonath](https://nfcore.
                 <td data-timestamp="1679914800" data-timeformat="HH:mm z">13:00</td>
                 <td rowspan="3">Hack!</td>
                 <td rowspan="3">Hack!</td>
-                <td rowspan="3">Hack!</td>            
+                <td rowspan="3">Hack!</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td data-timestamp="1679918400" data-timeformat="HH:mm z">14:00</td>
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-google.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-google.md
index 56f081ff4e..58f6ad3776 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-google.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-google.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Google Academy)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core Hackathon at Google Academy, London.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '09:30 BST'
+start_time: '09:30+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '16:00 BST'
+end_time: '16:00+01:00'
 location_name: Google Academy, London
 address: 123 Buckingham Palace Rd, London SW1W 9SH
 location_url: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-digital-skills-academy
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-igc-edinburgh.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-igc-edinburgh.md
index 7a2893b56f..5b62e83dcf 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-igc-edinburgh.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-igc-edinburgh.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Edinburgh)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '09:30 BST'
+start_time: '09:30+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '16:30 BST'
+end_time: '16:30+01:00'
 location_name: MRC Insitute of Genetics and Cancer
 # address: Medical Education Centre Computing Lab 1, Outpatients Department, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU
 # location_url: https://www.med.scot.nhs.uk/hospitals/wgh/medical-education/education-centre
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-wellcome-campus.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-wellcome-campus.md
index fec92dae4b..81b4bd25ff 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-wellcome-campus.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/uk-wellcome-campus.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Cambridge)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at the Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '09:30 BST'
+start_time: '09:30+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '16:30 BST'
+end_time: '16:30+01:00'
 location_name: Chestnut Suite, Hinxton Hall, Wellcome Genome Campus
 address: Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA
 location_url: https://www.wellcomegenomecampus.org
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-san-jose.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-san-jose.md
index b06a1514ab..e76cefbdf8 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-san-jose.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-san-jose.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (San Jose)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at a Quilt Data co-working location.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '8:00 PDT'
+start_time: '08:00-07:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '15:00 PDT'
+end_time: '15:00-07:00'
 location_name: San Jose, California
 # address:
 # location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-university-texas.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-university-texas.md
index 60eb5ed162..81d5b57ee5 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-university-texas.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-university-texas.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Dallas)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at the University of Texas at Dallas.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: University of Texas at Dallas
 address: 860 N Loop Rd, Richardson, TX 75080
 location_url: https://map.concept3d.com/?id=1772#!m/434445
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-university-wyoming.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-university-wyoming.md
index 7155e1f96c..ea4305a04b 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-university-wyoming.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-march-2023/usa-university-wyoming.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Hackathon - March 2023 (Wyoming)
 subtitle: Local node of the nf-core hackathon at the The University of Wyoming.
 type: hackathon
 start_date: '2023-03-27'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-29'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: The University of Wyoming
 # address:
 # location_url:
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-november-2023.md b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-november-2023.md
index 5cc088c601..660fdf863a 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-november-2023.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-november-2023.md
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ subtitle: An in-person hackathon held in Boston
 type: hackathon
 start_announcement: '2023-10-21T12:00-05:00'
 start_date: '2023-11-28'
-start_time: '10:00 EST'
+start_time: '10:00-04:00'
 end_date: '2023-11-29'
-end_time: '13:00 EST'
+end_time: '13:00-04:00'
 location_name: Boston, America
 location_latlng: [42.35138, -71.06995]
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-october-2023.mdx b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-october-2023.mdx
index 0770681e5d..f835d270b1 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-october-2023.mdx
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/hackathon-october-2023.mdx
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ subtitle: A hybrid hackathon held in Barcelona and online
 type: hackathon
 start_announcement: '2023-07-13T12:00+02:00'
 start_date: '2023-10-16'
-start_time: '10:00 CEST'
+start_time: '10:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-10-18'
-end_time: '13:00 CEST'
+end_time: '13:00+02:00'
 location_name: Barcelona, Spain
 location_latlng: [41.4021444, 2.191099]
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/training-basic-2023.md b/src/content/events/2023/training-basic-2023.md
index 167b14a84e..095f1786dc 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/training-basic-2023.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/training-basic-2023.md
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 title: Community Foundational Nextflow Training - September 2023
 subtitle: The primary Nextflow / nf-core training for beginners, with 3 x 2.5 hour sessions.
 type: training
-start_date: '2023-09-6'
-start_time: '15:00 CEST'
-end_date: '2023-09-8'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+start_date: '2023-09-06'
+start_time: '15:00+02:00'
+end_date: '2023-09-08'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: YouTube
 import_typeform: true
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/training-hands-on-2023.md b/src/content/events/2023/training-hands-on-2023.md
index 3746698891..41a6eea971 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/training-hands-on-2023.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/training-hands-on-2023.md
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ title: Hands-on Nextflow Training - September 2023
 subtitle: A fast way to get up and running with Nextflow - hands on and light on theory. One 2 hour session.
 type: training
 start_date: '2023-09-20'
-start_time: '15:00 CEST'
+start_time: '15:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-09-20'
-end_time: '18:00 CEST'
+end_time: '18:00+02:00'
 location_name: YouTube
+location_url: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3xpfTVZLcNiCJRgKnBFYtmnXj1U31szQ
 import_typeform: true
 ---
 
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/training-march-2023.md b/src/content/events/2023/training-march-2023.md
index 63b12fdd4b..b0eefcd9b8 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/training-march-2023.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/training-march-2023.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: nf-core Training - March 2023
 subtitle: A set of global online Nextflow and nf-core training events
 type: training
 start_date: '2023-03-13'
-start_time: '15:00 CET'
+start_time: '15:00+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-03-16'
-end_time: '17:00 CET'
+end_time: '17:00+01:00'
 location_name: YouTube
 location_url: https://www.youtube.com/nf-core
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/training-sept-2023/index.md b/src/content/events/2023/training-sept-2023/index.md
index 5282901067..39d84035a1 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/training-sept-2023/index.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/training-sept-2023/index.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Community Advanced Nextflow Training - September 2023
 subtitle: Join us for the first ever Advanced community training! Become a Nextflow expert!
 type: training
 start_date: '2023-09-27'
-start_time: '15:00 CEST'
+start_time: '15:00+02:00'
 end_date: '2023-09-28'
-end_time: '19:00 CEST'
+end_time: '19:00+02:00'
 location_name: YouTube
 import_typeform: true
 ---
diff --git a/src/content/events/2023/training-sept-2023/wgc.md b/src/content/events/2023/training-sept-2023/wgc.md
index 6fb929a492..082429a238 100644
--- a/src/content/events/2023/training-sept-2023/wgc.md
+++ b/src/content/events/2023/training-sept-2023/wgc.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: Community Advanced Nextflow Training - September 2023
 subtitle: Local Community Advanced Nextflow Training at the Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge.
 type: training
 start_date: '2023-09-27'
-start_time: '9:30 BST'
+start_time: '09:30+01:00'
 end_date: '2023-09-27'
-end_time: '17:00 BST'
+end_time: '17:00+01:00'
 location_name: Garden Room, Main Building, EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Genome Campus
 address: Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton CB10 1SA
 location_url: https://www.wellcomegenomecampus.org
diff --git a/src/layouts/EventLayout.astro b/src/layouts/EventLayout.astro
index 4e7fd33aae..83b9795605 100644
--- a/src/layouts/EventLayout.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/EventLayout.astro
@@ -17,44 +17,9 @@ events
         if (event.data.title.toLowerCase().match('bytesize')) {
             event.data.type = 'bytesize';
         }
-        event.data.start = new Date(event.data.start_date + ' ' + event.data.start_time);
-        event.data.end = new Date(event.data.end_date + ' ' + event.data.end_time);
-        if (event.data.start_date === event.data.end_date) {
-            event.data.duration =
-                event.data.start.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                    year: 'numeric',
-                    month: 'short',
-                    day: 'numeric',
-                    hour: 'numeric',
-                    minute: 'numeric',
-                    hour12: false,
-                }) +
-                '-' +
-                event.data.end.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                    hour: 'numeric',
-                    minute: 'numeric',
-                    hour12: false,
-                });
-        } else {
-            event.data.duration =
-                event.data.start.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                    year: 'numeric',
-                    month: 'short',
-                    day: 'numeric',
-                    hour: 'numeric',
-                    minute: 'numeric',
-                    hour12: false,
-                }) +
-                ' - ' +
-                event.data.end.toLocaleString('en-US', {
-                    year: 'numeric',
-                    month: 'short',
-                    day: 'numeric',
-                    hour: 'numeric',
-                    minute: 'numeric',
-                    hour12: false,
-                });
-        }
+        event.data.start = new Date(event.data.start_date + 'T' + event.data.start_time);
+        event.data.end = new Date(event.data.end_date + 'T' + event.data.end_time);
+        return event;
     })
     .sort((a, b) => {
         return new Date(a.data.start) - new Date(b.data.start);