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  • ibrahim.alsyed
  • Andre Alves
    Andre Alves
  • Diego Antonino
    Diego Antonino

Hello,

I noticed that CDF displays the start/end time in the user's time zone, even though the API, as documented, returns "The number of milliseconds since 00:00:00 Thursday, 1 January 1970, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), minus leap seconds." I believe that this behavior should be documented to avoid potential confusion, especially when the same timestamp is set in both the start/end time fields and metadata. The timestamps in start/end time fields are converted to the user's local time zone, while those in metadata are not, which may lead to confusion for QA Engineers. I recommend documenting this aspect to provide clarity for users.
 

Additionally, to enhance user experience, I suggest implementing a feature that allows users to select their preferred time zone from their profile settings. All timestamps, including those in metadata, could be consistently converted to the user's chosen time zone, ensuring a uniform and clear representation throughout the application.

I believe this enhancement would significantly improve the usability of CDF.


Regards,
Hussain

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gedi
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  • Seasoned Practitioner
  • 31 replies
  • January 2, 2024

Thank you for your valuable feedback, Hussain! 

We appreciate your effort. Kindly ensure all necessary details are provided. Stay tuned for updates on the progress of your submission. Feel free to reach out if you have any additional information to share.


Sofie Svartdal Berge
Seasoned Practitioner

Hi @Hussain Mubaireek!
Thank you for reaching out with this feedback and suggestions. 

The use of defined date fields vs metadata fields, and what that means for the behaviour in the front end, is something we should document better. Thank you for raising this!

Ability to select time zone is something we have received some feedback about, but it is not on our immediate roadmap. I’ll leave this topic in gathering interest, and will get back to you if priorities change!

Best, 

Sofie, Lead Product Manager end user experience.


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  • Committed
  • 4 replies
  • September 23, 2024

Is the feature to select a custom time zone for timestamps available in CDF? I’m still seeing start and end times automatically converted to my local time zone, but I couldn’t find any documentation for setting a custom time zone in transformation spark. Could you please point me to the relevant documentation or suggest steps to overcome this?

 


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