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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>I dont have experience with
what Mark is saying (I am sure he will elaborate) but it makes sense. WF-BATCH
probably uses some system variables (like sy-datum or sy-datlo) to check for
deadlines. If it is in a different time zone then it may evaluate deadlines
differently then the rest of the users.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mark. Am I close?</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu on behalf of
Kjetil Kilhavn<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wed 8/24/2005 05:56<BR><B>To:</B> SAP Workflow
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<P><FONT size=2>Hello (again, after my holidays are sadly over).<BR><BR>We are
on 4.6C still, but could you elaborate a little on what "nasty<BR>things" you
have observed? I checked our system, and WF-BATCH does have<BR>CET as time
zone.<BR><BR>We don't use a lot of deadlines, and I believe they are all
modelled (no<BR>simple notifications), but it has never occurred to me that
deadlines<BR>would be influenced by a time zone setting. I have assumed
that<BR>deadlines were calculated from simple time calculations - and
most<BR>likely using UTC since I think that is what is stored in the
database.<BR>--<BR>Kjetil Kilhavn, Statoil KTJ IT BKS<BR><BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu [<A
href="mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu">mailto:sap-wug-bounces@mit.edu</A>] On
Behalf<BR>Of Mark Pyc<BR>Sent: 18. august 2005 20:36<BR>To: WUG<BR>Subject: FYI
- WF-BATCH and Time Zones<BR><BR>G'day Wuggers,<BR><BR>I thought I'd share this
little gem with you - don't put a time zone<BR>setting against the WF-BATCH user
master.<BR><BR>I'm not sure who did it or why but it does nasty things to
deadline<BR>entries. A time zone setting against a dialog user doesn't seem to
do<BR>anything terrible, but one against WF-BATCH does.<BR><BR>At least it does
for Requested Start related steps generated after a<BR>background step in a 620
system.<BR><BR>Just sharing the love.<BR><BR>Have
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