Web services and time zones

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When time zones are not enabled, any date-time entered with a web service is processed as if the date-time is entered in the time zone of the web server. Any time zone specified in the input date-time field is stripped/ignored.

When times zones are enabled, any date-time entered with a web service is processed in the time zone of the logged in user (the time zone that is registered for that user in Planon). Any time zones specified in the input date-time field are stripped/ignored. The web/application server time zone is irrelevant, the database time zone, as specified in Planon System Settings, is used to determine how the values are stored in the database.

Examples

There are three different date-time types:

• Property date-time

• Transaction date-time

• Neutral date-time

Type	Base Value	Time Zone
Property	Integer	Property
Transaction	Date	System
Neutral	Integer	Not specified

Configuration

Time Zone	Location	Acronym	Offset
Property	USA / New York	EST	UTC -05 (UTC -04 with DST)
User 1	Pacific/Tahiti	TAHT	UTC -10
User 2	London	UTC	UTC + 0

Legend:

• EST: Eastern Standard Time

• TAHT: Tahiti Standard Time

• UTC: Coordinated Universal Time

• DST: Daylight Saving Time