#596 TimeZone Display in Haystack

Hareesh Reddy G.M Thu 8 Mar 2018

Hi All,

Need a small clarification on tzvalue in About operation.

According to documentation we can mention city name as timezone value.

So, we had a discussion on whether timezone should be Continent/City or just city name.

The Continent/City format relates to zoneinfo database, and for haystack city name is enough for tz value.

Is this assumption correct ?

Thanks in advance.

Brian Frank Thu 8 Mar 2018

Haystack uses just city name since tz is used so extensively and city name is a unique key. So its always just city name such as "New_York". See /doc/TimeZones

Matthew Giannini Thu 8 Mar 2018

Yes - in Haystack the tz tag MUST be just the city. From the tz documentation:

All timezones in Haystack are repesented using the city name of an entry in the Olsen database.

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