Hey everyone. I have a form used by operators taking emergency calls, and some of the events called in happen in EST (Eastern Standard Time) and some happen in CDT (Central Daylight Time). In 2 Date/Time fields (Notes Style), I have the display settings set on preferences from “Custom” and to only display the time, always showing the time zone. Problem is that when somebody inputs a time for CDT, i.e. “14:45 CDT” and saves the form, it is automatically converted to Eastern time. Some of these records need to remain CDT and not be converted for viewing. How can I fix this problem? Is it something to do with server configurations?
Subject: RE: Form date/time field being converted
A timezone is not stored with a field that contains only a time. If you look at the Notes calender entry form you will see how it can be done – the timezone is stored in a separate field. Behind the scenes you can combine the date, time, and timezone into a single field for use in views or for display in read mode.