[Using Sakai] Forums and Timezones?

[Bryan Holladay]

I don't know of any existing fix for this, so it's probably just a bug that
hasn't been reported or discovered before. Please track this issue in jira.

Thanks,
Bryan

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Katie Golus <kgolus at antioch.edu> wrote:

> We have campuses in multiple timezones, but all using the same instance of
> Sakai.  People not in the server's default timezone are having issues when
> putting time restrictions (opening and locking) on Forums.  The tool uses
> the user-selected timezone as the "current time" when selecting the time
> for release restrictions, but it's still using the server's default time
> for actually releasing that content.
>
> For instance, for users set to Pacific time, faculty will select to lock
> and item at 3pm.  The item will say that it will be locked at 3pm to
> students also on Pacific time, but it will actual lock at 12pm Pacific (3pm
> Eastern, the server's default).  This is causing some confusion with
> faculty and panic for the students.
>
> We don't have this problem with time-restricted materials in other tools
> (Announcements, Resources, Assignments, jForums), but aren't sure if this
> is a setting we can fix on our side or a bug in Forums.  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
> Katie
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