[Cosmo-dev] Re: [Design] Design] [Cosmo] Login-related workflows update

[Jeffrey Harris]

+1 to prompting users the first time they log in.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey

Matthew Eernisse wrote:
> Unfortunately, I think the answer to number 2 below might be 'not
> exactly,' since a given UTC offset could be the same for multiple
> timezones -- purely by happenstance. For example, CDT and EST both have
> the same offset in minutes.
> 
> We may be able to try to looking at the TZ abbreviation (if any)
> reported in the toString/toLocaleString methods (e.g., 'CDT,'PST').
> 
> Without a timezone abbreviation, I don't know what we do -- try to
> guess? I think it might be better just to ask users the first time they
> log in once we implement timezones, and save their preference.
> 
> 
> Matthew
> 
> 
> Jeremy Epstein wrote:
>> From Priscilla's original post:
>>
>>> / + Does the user get assigned a default timezone based on their IP  
>> />/ address?
>> /So first, the Cosmo user would have an account and is logged in.
>> This  happens when the Cosmo user first selects and turns on
>> time-zone  support. The first item in the drop down is based on
>> whatever their  computer is set to, not based on the IP address. I
>> have been informed  that Cosmo the web client can get the time-zone
>> from the browser  through javascript–Matthew correct me if I'm wrong
>> here.
>>
>> So there are three issues here (BTW I think we are actually in
>> agreement on this)
>>
>> 1) is there a way to obtain the hour offset of the user's local
>> machine (relative to UTC) aat the time they choose to enable timezone
>> support? YES
>> 2) using this offset is there a way to lookup and set a "good" (at
>> least 80% accurate) default choice for timezone in a timezone
>> dropdown. YEs
>> 3) creation of a timezone dropdown based on some good reference data?
>> YES -- you have a library for this.
>>
>> If the user's machine couldn't give us a timezone offset (relative to
>> utc) we couldn't even get in the ballpark.
>>  
>>
> 
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