Time Zone Implementation in Valuemation

• Valuemation makes the time zone features possible by combining date and time data in one attribute to which a time zone offset may be applied.
• The offset calculation is based on the Java language's time zone rules containing geographical time zone information as well as locale-specific daylight saving time information.
• The actual offset is then given by the difference between the client time zone information specified by the user at login and the server time zone information specified (most likely by the system administrator) in Valuemation Global Settings.

This approach ensures that if, for instance, the user creates a ticket in the US and the corresponding VM server is located in Austria, correct local time is entered and displayed.