Inserting a date with Paris timezone gives me Berlin

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A user, patrickemin, reports that inserting a date with the Paris timezone in a post displays ‘Berlin’ when clicked. Benjamin_D suggests checking the discourse local dates default timezones setting, which patrickemin confirms was set to Paris but still showed Berlin. After clearing and re-entering the setting, the issue resolved. Benjamin_D clarifies that the displayed timezone reflects the reader’s local settings, not the writer’s, and notes that Paris, Berlin, and Amsterdam are all aliases for Central European Time. patrickemin explains he prefers to show his current location. RGJ questions the significance of the distinction, while Benjamin_D adds that the input timezone is preserved, though not always visibly.

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Hi, do you know why when I insert a date in a post choosing Paris as a timezone, it tells me “Berlin” when I click on the date link ?

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I think it displays the timezones set in the discourse local dates default timezones parameter

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Well, I am set to Paris, but it still displays the timezone as Berlin:

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:face_with_raised_eyebrow: weird indeed

2022-08-29T06:00:00Z

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ah, plus I assume the timezone set in https://meta.discourse.org/u/my/preferences/profile as I see here Paris and Los Angeles

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Thanks for trying to help but I checked everything, Windows timezone, my Discourse profile timezone, the parameters settings you indicate me, everything is Paris, and when I click on a date I inserted in a post with the Paris timezone, it says Berlin… This is hopeless :roll_eyes:

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Would it be possible to share an url where that happens ?

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Much better, I had to delete the content of this setting (which was right): discourse local dates default timezones and recreate it, now it works ! Thanks for the help.

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Why does it matter?
All those Western European timezones like Europe/Amsterdam, Europe/Paris and Europe/Berlin are just aliases for Central European Time (CE(S)T). I’ve always treated them as equivalent.

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Yes I know but I prefer people see where from I am posting since I change country frequently.

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Actually they’ll see where they are, the timezones displayed are “site+reader related”, not writer related.
If you input a date in the Tokyo timezone it will still be displayed in the site+user timezones.
Locations Plugin 🌍 is maybe a better fit for your case?

edit: my bad ! the input timezone is added :sweat_smile: