[ww-bugs] Bug 2437: when changing a due date for homework sets

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http://bugs.webwork.maa.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2437


Arnie Pizer <apizer at math.rochester.edu> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |apizer at math.rochester.edu
         Resolution|                            |FIXED




--- Comment #1 from Arnie Pizer <apizer at math.rochester.edu>  2012-10-17 08:46:02 ---
Hi,

The quick answer is to use no time zone abbreviation when entering a time.
Enter 2:30 pm NOT 2:30 pm SAST.  WeBWorK will display this as 2:30 pm SAST.   

Abbreviations for time zones such (SAST, EST, etc) are not well defined. That's
why the date time module uses e.g. Africa/Johannesburg to set the correct time
zone which also handles daylight saving time changes, etc.  For convenience
when displaying times abbreviations are used but in general they can not be
used when entering times. Since this causes confusion, some very common
abbreviations (e.g. EST) can be used when entering times. So sometimes you can
enter a time zone abbreviation and sometimes you can't which is even more
confusing.  The answer is when entering a time, DO NOT USE a time zone
abbreviation and WeBWorK will do the correct thing.

Also note that this is not something coded into WeBWorK, it is coded into the
perl modules that handle dates and times.

Hope this helps.

Arnie

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