So 7 readers, does anyone have the time? I often answer SharePoint questions via email, and got a great question today that I thought was worth providing here are Sharing The Point. This user had a SharePoint application with users in the United States and in the United Kingdom. However, they were having a hard time determining the timestamps on their documents based on their different time zones (and to make it worse 12hr vs. 24 hr). No worries!
Background
Every application should have a Time Zone configured for Default Time Zone for sites existing in that site collection. This is set in the Web Application General Settings in Central Administration.
My Settings
By default, users’ settings will follow the regional settings configured for the web application (and subsequent sites). But they don’t have to. Users can change their regional settings under Welcome Menu > My Settings.
On the User Information page, the user (Ricky Hatton in our case) should then select My Regional Settings.
Uncheck the box for: Always follow web settings. Then the user can select which time zone they are and select the Ok button.
Results
To show the result, we have Dan Lewis (umm, that’s me) in the GMT-05:00 Eastern Time Zone. And we have Ricky Hatton (he’s a Boxer) in the GMT Greenwich Mean Time zone.
24 Hour Twist
Well that’s just rocking, but what if Ricky was a peculiar fellow, and kept track of time in the 24 hr format (aka: Military Time)? No worries, Ricky can select his preferred Time Format in regional settings as well.
And then his date time stamps will display in 24 hr format.
So there you have it, the time in SharePoint. Speaking of time, it was about time I actually got around to writing a blog post. Sorry 7 readers, I’ve been one busy fellow lately but I’m back at the keyboard now. Here’s to a great summer!
