Understanding Time Zone Precedence

Time zone displays can be controlled at three levels.

• Field-specific time zone.

  Set field-specific time zone options in Record Field Properties in Application Designer.

• User-specific time zone.

  Set user-specific time zone options in My Personalization in the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture. To access the options, select My Personalizations. Click the Personalize Option button for Regional Settings.

• System base time zone.

  Set System base time zone options using the PeopleTools Options page in the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture. To access the page, select PeopleTools, Utilities, Administration, PeopleTools Options.

PeopleTools checks for time zone preferences in the order of field-specific, then user-specific, then system base time zone.

A display control can be set for a specific field. The time zone display is controlled for a field via the Time Zone settings in Record Field Properties. The time zone control field overrides the user-specific time zone.

For example: you have four time values on a page, one of which has a time zone control field. This field will display in the time zone specified in the control field. The other three time fields will display in the user-specific time zone if set, and otherwise in the system base time zone.

Users can specify a time zone preference using Use Local Timezone and Local Time Zone options in the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture. To access time zone preference settings, select My Personalizations, Regional Settings.

The Use Local Timezone option means to display all times and datetimes in the time zone specified in the Local Time Zone option