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How It Works

In our examples, we will consider three geographical locations: Berlin, London and New York.

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Possible scenarios pertinent to working in an environment spanning several time zones include:

WEB CLIENT CONFIGURATION

 

Time Zone Offset Not Applied

 

Time Zone Offset Applied

RICH CLIENT CONFIGURATION

 

Time Zone Offset Not Applied

 

Time Zone Offset Applied

Initial Conditions

  • Let the web server be situated in Berlin with clients in Berlin, London and New York.
  • Let's imagine that employees in Berlin, London and New York all have a conference meeting at around 3pm GMT, as a result of which each of them makes a time-related entry in the application. Due to the time difference between the locations, it is 3pm in London, but already 4pm in Berlin and only 9am in New York.

In This Chapter

Web Client Configuration

Rich Client Configuration

Summary

See Also

Time Zone Implementation in Valuemation

Attribute Types from the Viewpoint of Time Zones

Date and Time in Previous Versions