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

[Martin Kutschker]

Steffen Kamper schrieb:
> ...snip...
>> Forcing UTC will break current installations. As TYPO3 isn't clever enough 
>> right now, we must assume that 99% of installation have data in the only 
>> one TZ, which is the server's TZ.
>>
> 
> yes, this is an important note.
> What's about changing this in general by one version (maybe 4.3) and an 
> install tool routine (database) to recalculate all timezone fields in DB 
> with server's TZ ?

You mean, you want to convert them to UTC? But why? Once we define that 
the server's timezone is fixed we are safe. The 1-2-3 installer could 
default to UTC. And if we find a way to change a default in 
config_default.php it can even be a real default for everyone.

Masi