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Community Server Time Zones

I have noticed recently that when I post a new item, the post times are 3 hours behind. I finally decided to check this out, and browsed to Control Panel >> Administration >> Settings >> Date / Time Settings.

When I had gone through the settings after upgrading the server, I saw this box for Time Zone. I live in West Chester, PA, which is in the Eastern US time zone, so that's what I selected.

Tonight upon further inspection, the little help tag said it should be set to the time zone that the database server resides in.

Fortunately, Community Server appears to process dates according to UTC, and this change filtered out to all of the posts, which now display the correct times.

Doh!

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About Steve

Steve Andrews has been working as a developer for more than 8 years. During this time, he has designed and developed applications in such widely varying areas as trust accounting, medical information management, supply chain management, and retail systems. He has firsthand developer experience with a variety of languages, including Java, VB, and .NET. Most recently, he has been immersed in SharePoint. He is currently employed at RDA Corporation in Philadelphia, PA, as a Software Engineer and a team member in the Architectural Guidance evangelism team. Steve is also an MTCS (x2), ICSOO, and .NET fanatic.
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