diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3e235216..cee96a94 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ All notable changes to the **kdb VS Code extension** are documented in this file
 - Fixed delay when executing query on KDB+ connections
 - Make connection names case insensitive
 - Fixed GUID type displayed as number for Insights
+- Fixed time zone for populate scratchpad
 
 ### Internal Improvements
 
diff --git a/src/classes/insightsConnection.ts b/src/classes/insightsConnection.ts
index 44d69a8a..f38bc297 100644
--- a/src/classes/insightsConnection.ts
+++ b/src/classes/insightsConnection.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   tokenUndefinedError,
 } from "../utils/core";
 import { InsightsConfig, InsightsEndpoints } from "../models/config";
+import { convertTimeToTimestamp } from "../utils/dataSource";
 
 export class InsightsConnection {
   public connected: boolean;
@@ -282,8 +283,8 @@ export class InsightsConnection {
         case DataSourceTypes.API:
           queryParams = {
             table: params.dataSource.api.table,
-            startTS: params.dataSource.api.startTS,
-            endTS: params.dataSource.api.endTS,
+            startTS: convertTimeToTimestamp(params.dataSource.api.startTS),
+            endTS: convertTimeToTimestamp(params.dataSource.api.endTS),
           };
           coreUrl = this.connEndpoints.scratchpad.import;
           dsTypeString = "API";