This feature adds support for multiple time zones. The user is able to specify their time zone and see all dates and times displayed in the NMS applications relative to their time zone. This will improve the user experience for NMS instances that span multiple time zones, since previously all times always were displayed in the NMS server time. In addition, it can improve handling of changes due to Daylight Saving Time/Summer Time, especially when tracking the duration of events that span such changes.

In order to implement this new feature, beginning with NMS 2.6.0.0.0 all NMS servers (Database, WebLogic, and Services servers) must use the UTC time zone setting. All timestamps passed to NMS should be in UTC and all timestamps queried from the NMS database or received from NMS APIs will be in UTC. See the Oracle Utilities Network Management System Adapters Guide for details.

This feature adds the ability to configure a user inactivity timeout. If no interaction is done within an NMS application for a configured "warning" time limit, a warning dialog will display indicating that the user will shortly be logged out due to inactivity. If the user does not select to extend their session by the time a second configured "logout" limit is reached, the user is then logged out.