Highcharts.setOptions({
    time: {
        timezoneOffset: 5 * 60
    }
});

Highcharts.chart('container', {
    title: {
        text: 'Timezone offset is 5 hours (=EST). The data series starts at midnight UTC, which is 7 PM EST.'
    },

    xAxis: {
        type: 'datetime'
    },

    series: [{
        data: [29.9, 71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4],
        pointStart: Date.UTC(2013, 0, 1),
        pointInterval: 36e5 // one hour
    }]
});