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

[Martin Kutschker]

Ingo Renner schrieb:
> Martin Kutschker wrote:
>> Steffen Kamper schrieb:
> 
>>> Next step ist the display - there are several possibilities:
>>> - show datetime in servers TZ
>>> - show datetime in users TZ
>>> - show datetime in entered TZ
> 
>> I think the third one is not important. For the BE options 1 and two 
>> could be configured via user TS. For the FE any plugin may decide what 
>> is appropriate. Maybe we can provide an API for typical use cases.
> 
> I disagree: remember it's all about the users not about the server!
> So the only option is the user's timezone!
> 
> Always keep in mind: it's about the users!

And keep in mind it's only the server we know all about. Using the TZ 
for storing of the user is not an option. We can display any TZ we want 
for the users convenience.

Masi