diff --git a/api/app.py b/api/app.py
index 6227c73ea3..52461aac93 100644
--- a/api/app.py
+++ b/api/app.py
@@ -110,9 +110,21 @@ def create_app() -> Flask:
         level=app.config.get('LOG_LEVEL'),
         format=app.config.get('LOG_FORMAT'),
         datefmt=app.config.get('LOG_DATEFORMAT'),
-        handlers=log_handlers
+        handlers=log_handlers,
+        force=True
     )
+    log_tz = app.config.get('LOG_TZ')
+    if log_tz:
+        from datetime import datetime
 
+        import pytz
+        timezone = pytz.timezone(log_tz)
+
+        def time_converter(seconds):
+            return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(seconds).astimezone(timezone).timetuple()
+
+        for handler in logging.root.handlers:
+            handler.formatter.converter = time_converter
     initialize_extensions(app)
     register_blueprints(app)
     register_commands(app)
diff --git a/api/configs/feature/__init__.py b/api/configs/feature/__init__.py
index f880ab6f50..e820761b06 100644
--- a/api/configs/feature/__init__.py
+++ b/api/configs/feature/__init__.py
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ class LoggingConfigs(BaseModel):
         default=None,
     )
 
+    LOG_TZ: Optional[str] = Field(
+        description='specify log timezone, eg: America/New_York',
+        default=None,
+    )
+
 
 class ModelLoadBalanceConfigs(BaseModel):
     """