I’m not sure whether this is a bug or I’m misunderstanding the behavior. Example 1 Code: [date=2022-05-06 time=01:00:00 timezone="America/Los_Angeles"] (Los Angeles is GMT-7.) Result: 2022-05-06T08:00:00Z (UTC) Example 2 Code: [date=2022-05-06 time=01:00:00 timezone="Etc/GMT-7"] Result: Los…

I think this has cropped up before: [image] Conflict between timezones in "Insert date / time" UX I’m afraid the technical reason here is pretty confusing - you can read about it at Moment Timezone | Docs POSIX compatibility requires that the offsets are inv…

Thanks, I searched before I posted but didn’t see that discussion. I think it would be clearer for users if it were shown without the Etc/ prefix, and GMT-7 were the same as America/Los_Angeles, but I guess that would cause surprises for people who are already doing something with the dates program…

I think it’s quite easy to overlook that Los_Angeles and GMT-7 aren’t the same thing. LA is in either PDT (GMT-7) or PST (GMT-8) depending on the time of year, and the clock changes occur in different countries at different times (UK: last Sunday in March and last Sunday in October, vs US second Su…

Thanks, we’re aware of the clock changes, but people who do find GMT-7 (or GMT-8 at another time of the year) in the timezone picker might not realize that the dates they entered aren’t what they intended. Or when they see something like this, it won’t make sense, because LA is GMT-7 at the moment: …

Timezone bug with GMT?

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JammyDodger May 5, 2022, 6:53am 2

I think this has cropped up before:

Topic		Replies	Views
Flip display of timezones Feature	3	1069	February 16, 2022
Conflict between timezones in "Insert date / time" UX	3	634	November 8, 2021
Etc/GMT+4 seems to be GMT-4 Bug	1	298	April 9, 2024
Timezone woes - always defaults to America/Denver Support	0	527	November 27, 2021
Local-dates: dates show days in the future Bug	6	781	June 6, 2019

Timezone bug with GMT?

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