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User preference to specify current timezone

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      Add time zones to user profile, so that dates are displayed as per users date/time as opposed to server date/time

            [BAM-6558] User preference to specify current timezone

            m added a comment -

            Patrick,

            I agree that log timestamps should be in UTC.

            For me this is more about metadata and the ability for bamboo UI to show dates/times of builds, deployments etc in a user defined timezone. They all should still be stored in UTC but frontend should be able to convert them to user's TZ. It can stay as UTC if user wants.

            If timestamps are displayed with the timezone then there is no confusion. A user in the US East would see 2020-12-01 13:25:42 (EST) and someone it the UK 2020-12-0118:25:42 (GMT)

             

            TBH I doubt it will ever be implemented considering the age of this ticket and Atlassian's last year announcement about its focus on cloud services.

            m added a comment - Patrick, I agree that log timestamps should be in UTC. For me this is more about metadata and the ability for bamboo UI to show dates/times of builds, deployments etc in a user defined timezone. They all should still be stored in UTC but frontend should be able to convert them to user's TZ. It can stay as UTC if user wants. If timestamps are displayed with the timezone then there is no confusion. A user in the US East would see 2020-12-01 13:25:42 (EST) and someone it the UK 2020-12-0118:25:42 (GMT)   TBH I doubt it will ever be implemented considering the age of this ticket and Atlassian's last year announcement about its focus on cloud services.

            PatrickS added a comment - - edited

            Log timestamps should be in UTC, regardless of the server/user location.  This keeps the data consistent.

            If a user in the US has logs which show 2020-12-01 13:25:42  and a user in the UK sees the same logs as 2020-12-01 18:25:42, that's a huge problem.  Regardless of who is viewing a log or where they're located, the log should contain the same data.  And by convention, the time should always be in UTC.

            If you've ever had to deal with servers configured to a local timezone which uses daylight savings, you understand this need.

            Setting the TZ to the server's timezone is confusing and setting the TZ to each user's local TZ is inconsistent. UTC is the industry standard, it should be used.

             

            PatrickS added a comment - - edited Log timestamps should be in UTC, regardless of the server/user location.  This keeps the data consistent. If a user in the US has logs which show 2020-12-01 13:25:42  and a user in the UK sees the same logs as 2020-12-01 18:25:42, that's a huge problem.  Regardless of who is viewing a log or where they're located, the log should contain the same data.  And by convention, the time should always be in UTC. If you've ever had to deal with servers configured to a local timezone which uses daylight savings, you understand this need. Setting the TZ to the server's timezone is confusing and setting the TZ to each user's local TZ is inconsistent. UTC is the industry standard, it should be used.  

            m added a comment -

            It's not user friendly and a problem for international companies.

            This issue is over 10 years old!

            m added a comment - It's not user friendly and a problem for international companies. This issue is over 10 years old!

            Taw Moto added a comment - - edited

            This issue is 7 years old and it's not fixed.

            If we are a company with offices in multiple countries, how should we know when something was done in Bamboo? Should I always keep 4 clocks on my desktop with different timezones?

            Sorry, but this is a very annoying issue, thanks.

            Taw Moto added a comment - - edited This issue is 7 years old and it's not fixed. If we are a company with offices in multiple countries, how should we know when something was done in Bamboo? Should I always keep 4 clocks on my desktop with different timezones? Sorry, but this is a very annoying issue, thanks.

            Tim Moore [Atlassian] added a comment -

            When implementing this, please considering sharing the timezone preference with other apps connected to the same Crowd instance:

            See also:

            Tim Moore [Atlassian] added a comment - When implementing this, please considering sharing the timezone preference with other apps connected to the same Crowd instance: See also: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-27492 https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24913 https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/FE-3998

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