[Using Sakai] Tools that are timezone-aware?

[Katie Golus]

Yes, JForum is the tool that we are sure doesn't understand the timezones
(as you've confirmed).  It's great to hear that that feature is on the
list!  That'll really make a big difference for half our users.

-Katie
_____________________
Katie Golus, Ed.M.
Instructional Designer
Antioch University
801 Garden Street, Suite 101
Santa Barbara, CA  93101-1581
805-962-8179 x161
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Vivie Sinou <sinou at etudes.org> wrote:

> Branden, et al ~
>
> Adding support for time zone is already in our Jira for Jforum, Melete and
> Mneme. We hope to address this in the spring, 2010, as it affects the
> (truly) distant learners of our colleges.
>
> Best,
> Vivie
>
> --
> Vivie Sinou
> Executive Director, Etudes, Inc.
> http://etudes.org/
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
> >[mailto:sakai-user-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf
> >Of Branden Visser
> >Sent: Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:01 AM
> >To: Beth Kirschner
> >Cc: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
> >Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Tools that are timezone-aware?
> >
> >The Forums tool has issues with timezones [1]. As far as I
> >know, Forums is not deprecated.. I have a patch for the JIRA
> >that I'm planning on posting in the near future. I'm currently
> >running through time zone issues for my institution.
> >
> >The Polls tool in an earlier version of the 2.5.x branch did
> >not reflect timezone preferences either [2]. I think David
> >Horowitz has fixed this in the maintenance branch, though.
> >
> >If you're using Etudes' JForum (2.4) or Melete (2.5), they are
> >not honouring preferred time zones.
> >
> >I have reports that the Wiki tool (2.5.2) is not reflecting
> >Timezone changes, I haven't reached this one yet.
> >
> >We've confirmed that all the other tools we commonly use here
> >are honouring timezone preferences.
> >
> >If you're aiming to make timezone handling a little less
> >confusing for users, you might also want to look at and
> >comment/vote for SAK-7802.
> >
> >Hope that helps,
> >Branden
> >
> >[1] http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-13607
> >[2] http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-12838
> >
> >Beth Kirschner wrote:
> >> Hi Katie,
> >>
> >>     The discussion tool has been officially deprecated, so I'm not
> >> sure that it will see much support to fix this problem. All other
> >> tools, to my knowledge, do make use of the timezone
> >preference though.
> >> If you find any that don't (excepting discussions), I'd
> >write it up as
> >> a bug.
> >>
> >> - Beth
> >>
> >> On Oct 28, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Katie Golus wrote:
> >>
> >>> We have campuses in two timezones and individuals in many more
> >>> regions.  We've discovered that not all of the tools seem
> >to adapt to
> >>> the timezone settings that a user sets in Preferences (Discussion
> >>> Forums being the main culprit).  This is especially problematic for
> >>> the campuses that are in a different timezone than our
> >Sakai servers.
> >>>
> >>> Does anyone know of a source of information on which tools are
> >>> timezone-aware (or more importantly, which aren't)?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Katie
> >>> _____________________
> >>> Katie Golus, Ed.M.
> >>> Instructional Designer
> >>> Antioch University
> >>> 801 Garden Street, Suite 101
> >>> Santa Barbara, CA  93101-1581
> >>> 805-962-8179 x161
> >>> kgolus at antioch.edu
> >>>
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