How are time zones handled on solidus?
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Fabian V. Thobe
03/04/2025, 12:08 PMHow are time zones handled on solidus?
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kennyadsl
03/04/2025, 12:51 PM
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Fabian V. Thobe
03/04/2025, 12:57 PMdoes that mean the time zone of the server is picked up?
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Chris Todorov
03/04/2025, 6:19 PMThis is handled by Rails as Alberto linked above and can be configured in the application Solidus is added to based on what your preference is. Some people run their apps in UTC, others prefer to set it to the local timezone.
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Fabian V. Thobe
03/04/2025, 6:28 PMOk thanks Alberto & Chris, that was really a great help!
Fabian V. Thobe
03/04/2025, 6:29 PM@kennyadsl @Chris Todorov I think we should consider making this a backend option
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Chris Todorov
03/04/2025, 6:36 PMI work on a store that has allowed the admin user to change the timezone settings for the view layer, that has been helpful because the team is widely distributed. Changing the application timezone has wider implications so I think if this is an option, it should be for display purposes and could be managed per user possibly even done client side based on browser timezone configuration.
Chris Todorov
03/04/2025, 6:39 PMThe danger of changing application timezone in the backend is that often times application code may make assumptions about the timezone that would no longer hold true if an admin changes that. That's why I think it's preferable to require changing this be done as a code change in
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Fabian V. Thobe
03/05/2025, 10:06 AMHey, I see your point. It should go into the installer configuration. Shipments depend heavily on it for everything related to pickup. We should consider handling this more flexible. In addition a user based timezone would definetly be nice for the admin.
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tvdeyen
03/05/2025, 7:23 PM
user based time zone support would be a welcome addition.
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Fabian V. Thobe
03/05/2025, 8:17 PMHey Thomas, we would be up for that. Let’s close some of the open topics and get on it.
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