[Using Sakai] Forums and Timezones?

[Jim Mezzanotte]

Thanks Neal--I added a comment to the Jira noting this issue also affects
other tools, like Assignments and Tests & Quizzes. For example, you can set
a publish date for an assessment that reflects the user time zone, but if
the server time zone is earlier, the assessment will be published but
inactive.

Best,
Jim Mezzanotte
Asahi Net International

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>    1. Re: Forums and Timezones? (Neal Caidin)
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> From: Neal Caidin <neal.caidin at apereo.org>
> To: Katie Golus <kgolus at antioch.edu>
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> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:21:36 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Forums and Timezones?
> Thanks Katie!
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> I see the Jira is
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> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-28015
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> Cheers,
> Neal
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>   Katie Golus <kgolus at antioch.edu>
>  October 23, 2014 at 11:32 AM
> Thanks, Bryan.  Submitted.
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> -Katie
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>   Bryan Holladay <holladay at longsight.com>
>  October 23, 2014 at 8:37 AM
> 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.
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> Thanks,
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>   Katie Golus <kgolus at antioch.edu>
>  October 22, 2014 at 5:29 PM
> 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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