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

[Bobby Rullo]

Brian,

Yes, but there a lot of workflow issues to address with this like:

	1) How does such a timezone get assigned? Is it just the default  
timezone of the calendar creator?
	2) What does the UI for this look like? How do we make it clear that  
we are changing the UI for a collection and not the account UI?
	3) I am viewing BCM's calendar which has a timezone of PST, but I am  
in New York - how do I tell the UI that I want to view stuff in EST  
regardless  of what the collection timezone is?

I think you most certainly do need an account wide timezone setting -  
I want to view all my collections in my home timezone and have new  
collections and events default to using that timezone.

On Dec 5, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Brian Moseley wrote:

> On 12/5/06, Priscilla Chung <priscilla at osafoundation.org> wrote:
>> I agree. I think the issue I'm trying to solve is the 'Not logged  
>> in Cosmo'
>> user, there are two events, one at 2PM EST and and one at 2PM PST,  
>> if the
>> Cosmo UI is in floating time, then they would not both be  
>> displayed at 2PM
>> on the calendar canvas. Based on the Cosmo account by the Chandler  
>> user,
>> that would set the working time-zone on the calendar canvas so one  
>> event
>> would be either 3 hours before/after the other event.
>
> that's exactly what the "calendar-wide timezone" that's already
> supported in cosmo is meant for. if chandler sets this when it
> publishes or updates the calendar, then the cosmo ui can *always* show
> events relative to that timezone. the ui can also give CC the option
> of showing the events relative to a CC-selected timezone, if you want
> that. no need to put any extra information in the sharer's account.
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