[TYPO3-core] RFC: Bug #1697: Datetime input fields and timezone shift bug

[Ernesto Baschny [cron IT]]

Ingo Renner wrote: on 23.10.2007 12:25:
> Ingo Renner wrote:
>> Ernesto Baschny [cron IT] wrote:
>>
>>> Problem:
>>> Editing date, datetime, time and timesec fields in BE when you have an
>>> offset between your clients timezone and the server timezone leads to
>>> wrong information being stored.
>>
>> What's the intended behavior?
> 
> What I actually wanted/need to know is the expected outcome....
> 
> I'm now running my local dev server in CEST and a virtual machine in
> Chicago time -6 hours or so.
> 
> Now if I enter a time in Chicago, let's say 18:00, what should the list
> view in Chicago and CEST show?

As we don't store any TZ information in date / datetime fields (they are
integers), you should always see 18h00 on any view (list view, backend
form, etc).

Cheers,
Ernesto