Kevin, You stated that your goal was to be able to display things in the timezone of where the user is connecting from....
If that is the goal, if you just don't specify a timezone for the user in user preferences, doesn't that do what you are looking for? There is no need for you to get the timezone and set the user preference, just have it be blank and the fallback of the system picks up the local timezone. (at least that is the way I think it is supposed to work) This is also more flexible for folks who DON'T want you doing that. For example, if you did this to me, I would be off time for everything. I never change my timezone and always have all displays in PST regardless of where I am in the world. I do the translation of the time to the timezone so if you showed in local timezone, it would confuse me. So, I could just set the timezone on my user preference to lock it in. Others who wanted it adjusting would leave it blank and they would pick up the timezone from the current environment the client is running in. Or maybe I am not understanding the requirement.... Doug Mueller -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Kevin Shaffer Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 2:40 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Finding the Local TZ for the User Logged In Number 2.... capture where people are logging in from Kevin Shaffer, Senior Partner Partner IT, Inc. (O) 888-380-8899 (C) 316-208-5341 (F) 708-887-1704 -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Grooms, Frederick W Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 3:06 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Finding the Local TZ for the User Logged In Is your requirement 1. To display all Dates/Times in the local timezone of the user or 2. To capture where people are located (so it can be reported on) If it is for #1 (display of Dates/Times) then leaving the timezone empty on User Preferences will do that for you (You only need to fill it out of you want to override the automatic internal calculations). Fred -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Kevin Shaffer Sent: Monday, April 13, 2015 2:18 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Finding the Local TZ for the User Logged In I have a request from a customer for the following. Scenario: A user logs into the Mid-Tier. The customer would like me to capture the local TimeZone of the person that is logged in and automatically update the timezone field on the Locale tab in the User Preferences form for that person. Has anyone had a similar requirement or have any suggestions? TIA Kevin Shaffer, Senior Partner Partner IT, Inc. (O) 888-380-8899 (C) 316-208-5341 (F) 708-887-1704 _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
