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0006424mantisbtfeaturepublic2005-11-20 22:192012-11-23 18:02
Reporterjdpipe Assigned Todregad  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version1.0.0rc2 
Summary0006424: Allow for per-user timezone setup
Description

Original sibject (not a bug in Mantis):

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Strange time zone behaviour AU/GB
Hi there

I have a Mantis server installed on an Apache2 server under Windows, located in Australia.

When I log in, the time shown at the top of the window is given in BST, even though my windows time zone is set as GMT+10.

The output from <?php date('r') ?> on my machine is "Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:20:24 +1100", so the time zone is set correctly.

My windows settings have the GMT+10 timezone in place, so that's correct as well (we're in daylight savings hence the difference).

I tried accessing the server from a machine in Czech Republic, but this didn't alter the time which the server displayed.

It seems like there is a bug in Mantis in its presentation of server-side date info.

See also bug 0001139
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Steps To Reproduce

Users expect Mantis to display the timezone where user resides, not where server does. Just like in any forums system.

Suggestion:
add the timezone setup to an account preferences, then adjust page display accordingly.

Not a localization issue.

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Relationships

Relationship GraphDependency Graph
related to 0001243 closedgrangeway Have client side times 
has duplicate 0010054 closedthraxisp Add Time Zone selection 
related to 0008768 closedvboctor webservice call which returns timezone information 

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jdpipe

jdpipe

2005-11-20 22:21

reporter   ~0011639

FYI, instead of BST, an Australian server should be showing AEDT.
http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/au/

JP
dejavous

dejavous

2008-04-14 10:18

reporter   ~0017598

Is it possible to get an actual "per user" setup option for their local time?
bpruss

bpruss

2008-09-01 13:26

reporter   ~0019280

I am registering interest in this also. I am working on an implementation where the team has members on both sides of the pond. Per user timezone would be very useful.
vboctor

vboctor

2008-09-02 00:34

manager   ~0019286

I agree that we need to implement a per user time zone. Patches are welcome.
sporterfield

sporterfield

2009-04-03 10:41

reporter   ~0021388

I believe this is a duplicate of 0008085 (or vice versa)
dhx

dhx

2009-05-18 03:18

reporter   ~0021828

Bump!

paulr has committed his dates3 branch to master... so this ticket should now be resolved :)
dregad

dregad

2012-11-13 11:10

developer   ~0034306

Users can set a custom time zone under My Account / Preferences in current versions of MantisBT.