[Design] [Cosmo][Proposal] Time-zone on Cosmo UI

[Priscilla Chung]

Based on the time-zone discussion, I wanted to pull this out of time- 
zone thread for everyone to be able to comment on this specific  
proposal.

My original proposal is when a Chandler user sends their ticket/URL,  
the CC should be able to click on the ticket/URL and when viewing the  
calendar collection in the 'Not logged into Cosmo', it should always  
be in the time-zone the Chandler user sends it as. As if the calendar  
information is mirrored on the web browser. ie. The calendar canvas  
time-zone and the individual events also should be in the time-zone  
the Chandler user set them as.

The problem with the original proposal is that the time-zone  
information is not stored on the URL/ticket.

What if any user signs up for a Cosmo account, they have to pick a  
working time-zone as part of sign up. This includes signing up for a  
Cosmo account for Chandler too. This would mean all Cosmo accounts  
would have a working time-zone. When a Casual Collaborator user  
without a Cosmo account clicks on a URL/ticket, the working time-zone  
used is from the Chandler user's Cosmo account to set the default  
time-zone on the calendar canvas. If an account is in floating time- 
zone, give it a working time-zone so it's still possible to figure  
out where to put individual events with time-zones.

If a CC has a Cosmo account and subscribes to a Chandler user's  
calendar collection, use the time-zone specified by the CC instead of  
the Chandler user's Cosmo account.

*Not logged into Cosmo*
+ Uses the time-zone based on the Chandler user (the publisher's)  
Cosmo account information. --Is this possible?

*Logged into Cosmo*
+ As part of sign up, the user would manually select a time-zone.
+ User can still decide to turn time-zone support on or off, but as  
part of sign up there is a 'default' time-zone.
+ Floating time-zones should also have a 'working' time-zone so it's  
possible to figure out where to put the individual events with time- 
zones. --may need clarification of this is possible?

-Priscilla
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