Introduction

Time Any time zone names are specified according to the List of tz database time zones.

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• JS7 Components
  • JOC Cockpit, Controller and Agents can be operated in different time zones. The time zone is specified Time zones are preset by the respective operating system.
  • This includes to run a number of Agents in different time zones.
• Scheduling Objects
  • Orders are scheduled for a point in time calculated for the given time zone by the orders' JS7 - Schedules.
  • Jobs consider the time zone of their workflow to calculate JS7 - Admission Times for Jobs.
  • The JS7 - Daily Plan considers the Daily Plan time zone. A Daily Plan does not necessarily have to span midnight to midnight, instead the Daily Plan can use any hour of the day as the starting point for its 24 hours intervalperiod.
    • The start of the Daily Plan period and the point in time when the Daily Plan is calculated are both considering the Daily Plan's time zone.
    • Cyclic workflows that make use of the JS7 - Cycle Instruction consider the Daily Plan time zone.
• Graphical User Interface (GUI)
  • Any dates and times that become visible with the GUI are converted to the time zone specified with the user's profile.
    • This applies to order start dates, job admission times, any entries of the JS7 - History etc.
    • This applies to timestamps of order logs and task logs that are executed on Agents in different time zones. Users can choose with their user profile settings if they prefer to be presented original timestamps of logs or if they prefer to have timestamps converted to the time zone specified with the user profile.
  • When adding orders by the GUI then the time zone of the order's execution start date is specified.
  • When posting notices to JS7 - Notice Boards then the time zone for the notice's lifetime is specified.
  • Any time zones applied by the GUI are by default populated from the user profile's time zone setting and can be modified by the user.

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