Stream: implementers
Topic: default time zone?
Shamil Nizamov (Aug 09 2018 at 19:55):
The 3.1.0.1.6 Managing Return Content talks about a server's default timezone. What is that? In HL7v2 we had "the time zone defaults to that of the local time zone of the sender". Is that a similar concept or something specific to the REST API (i.e., the server assigns TZ when a resource is created)? It would be nice to state it clearly in the spec to avoid confusion.
Grahame Grieve (Aug 09 2018 at 19:58):
I thought 'server's default timezone' was obvious?
Shamil Nizamov (Aug 10 2018 at 19:41):
I thought 'server's default timezone' was obvious?
Hmm... If we define something it means (to me) that we pick an option from a set of possible options. In this case, does server have other, none default, timezones? Imho, "server's timezone" or "local time zone of the server" is clearer.
Grahame Grieve (Aug 10 2018 at 21:02):
well, I've seen a server where the default timezone of the server was not the server's own timezone. I don't know how common that is though
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