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The locale and timezone of the OpenSpecimen server impact how OpenSpecimen works. Especially in case of date formats and display.
Date format
OpenSpecimen displays the date format based on the server's locale setting. E.g., If the server is installed in the US time zone, the date format would be MM/DD/YYYY, whereas if the server is installed in China timezone, the date format would be YYYY/MM/DD. This is typically present in the machine, and you do not have to do any extra steps.
It is also possible to change the timezone for the server through the OpenSpecimen's Settings tab. For that, go to Home-> Settings-> Search for ‘Locale’ -> Enter a new value for the ‘Locale’ and update. For abbreviations for other locales, refer to - https://www.science.co.il/language/Locale-codes.php
Timezone Handling
This is important in multi-site studies where users are across multiple timezones.
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Why and how to set a specific timezone to a user account?
If you When users are doing bulk import and they do not want the date /& time adjust according to the timezone, user's timezone can be forcefully set by changing the to get converted based on their timezone, it can be changed in user profile.
Steps:
- Login to OpenSpecimen
- Go to Users → select the user for whom you wish to set the time zone → Edit.
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