Time Zone

Time zones are used throughout the system where a date or time is required.

In the Recruiting Center, dates and time are presented in a manner that takes into account the user's time zone thereby making dates easier to understand and freeing users from the task of converting the dates themselves.

System administrators can set the default time zone for an entire company. Users who are in the same time zone as the company do not need to modify their time zone. However, users who are not located in the same time zone as their company will need to modify their time zone to view information in their own time zone (for interview scheduling, for example). Time zone changes can be done by users via the My Setup feature if they were granted the permission by their system administrator.

Note: As a best practice, users should set their time zone under My Setup if they want to have the correct time displayed.

An example where time zone is used is for scheduling interviews with candidates. When scheduling an interview, the time zone of the person scheduling the meeting is used as a reference value. This means that the time of the meeting in the Recruiting Center is displayed according to the time zone selected by the person who scheduled the meeting, but the time of the meeting in Outlook or Lotus Notes is displayed according to the time zone set in the recipients' Windows settings.

For example, a user living in San Francisco schedules an interview from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific Time. For an attendee living in New-York, the time of the meeting in Recruiting is from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific Time, but the time of the meeting in Outlook is from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

Another example where time zone is used is for requisition posting. When posting requisitions, the time zone taken into account is the time zone of the user doing the posting (and not where the requisition is posted).