here is a solution......
create a character field and push the timefieldvalue from the which ever values you want to the character field. then while sending notifications use this character field. i hope this works On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Shyam Attavar <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Thanks for the suggestion LJ, > > I was hoping that there was a function/keyword that would make this simple. > Looks like I have to write custom workflow for each of the Date/Time field > that is being referenced in notifications for calculating the offset between > GMT and the users' time zone. > > -- > Shyam > > ------------------------------ > *From:* LJ LongWing <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Mon, July 26, 2010 7:29:05 AM > *Subject:* Re: Display date/time field values in notifications using > user's time zone setting. > > ** > > Shyam, > > If you are willing to go through the hassle, you can do something similar > to this. > > > > Determine a mechanism to ‘translate’ the server time to user time…you could > either store timezones or ‘offset from server’, or however you decide to do > it…then create a temp date/time field and copy the timestamp you want into > that field and adjust it appropriately for your user ($Date/Time$ - ($offset > * 3600)…then use that temp field in your notifications. > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Shyam Attavar > *Sent:* Friday, July 23, 2010 5:48 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Display date/time field values in notifications using user's > time zone setting. > > > > ** > > Listers, > > The OOB notifications display the date/time values in the server time zone > by default. This behavior is not desirable and we are in the process of > investigating options to display date/time field values in the email > recipient user's time zone setting. The behavior is already available in > Remedy User and on the browsers through the Mid Tier. I am hoping there is a > way to accomplish the same behavior for notifications. > > The time zone information for the user can be stored in the users' profile > in the CTM:People form and looked up on the fly before generating the > notifications. I know there are application commands for calculating > Business Time and such that will give times in the past/future. I don't > believe these actually will do what we intend to accomplish. > > Are there ways to convert the values for the various date/time fields being > displayed in the notifications on the fly? Has anyone done something similar > before and is willing to share their experience? > > Thanks in advance, > -- > Shyam > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
