FYI - WF-BATCH and Time Zones

[Mark Pyc]

In this particular case the System time was GMT and WF-BATCH had
Eastern US time. When the requested start deadline was created the
deadline was created 5 hours further into the future than requested (I
think I've got this the right way round - off site now)

In your case Kjetil, is the system and WF-BATCH in the same time-zone?

This may be an OSS issue - didn't find it though - but removing the
time zone against WF-BATCH gave the expected deadlines.

Have fun,
Mark

On 8/24/05, Alon Raskin <araskin at 3i-consulting.com> wrote:
> 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.
>  
> Mark. Am I close?
>  
> Alon Raskin
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> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu on behalf of Kjetil Kilhavn
> Sent: Wed 8/24/2005 05:56
> To: SAP Workflow Users' Group
> Subject: RE: FYI - WF-BATCH and Time Zones
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> 
> 
> Hello (again, after my holidays are sadly over).
> 
> We are on 4.6C still, but could you elaborate a little on what "nasty
> things" you have observed? I checked our system, and WF-BATCH does have
> CET as time zone.
> 
> We don't use a lot of deadlines, and I believe they are all modelled (no
> simple notifications), but it has never occurred to me that deadlines
> would be influenced by a time zone setting. I have assumed that
> deadlines were calculated from simple time calculations - and most
> likely using UTC since I think that is what is stored in the database.
> --
> Kjetil Kilhavn, Statoil KTJ IT BKS
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:sap-wug-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf
> Of Mark Pyc
> Sent: 18. august 2005 20:36
> To: WUG
> Subject: FYI - WF-BATCH and Time Zones
> 
> G'day Wuggers,
> 
> I thought I'd share this little gem with you - don't put a time zone
> setting against the WF-BATCH user master.
> 
> I'm not sure who did it or why but it does nasty things to deadline
> entries. A time zone setting against a dialog user doesn't seem to do
> anything terrible, but one against WF-BATCH does.
> 
> At least it does for Requested Start related steps generated after a
> background step in a 620 system.
> 
> Just sharing the love.
> 
> Have fun,
> Mark
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