Workflow Substitution service - time zone problem

[Kjetil Kilhavn]

Torsdag 10. september 2009 07.10.06 skrev Yu-Young Yeom:
> I'd like to offer the Workflow substitution service to user via EP web
> potal. So I determined to use some RFCs(WAPI functions).
> Here are  lists. ================
>   * SAP_WAPI_SUBSTITUTE_MAINTAIN     //substitute set
>  * SAP_WAPI_SUBSTITUTES_GET         //Subsituted user list get
>   * SAP_WAPI_SUBSTITUTE_DELETE       //cancel substitute
> ==========================
> But there is a problem.
> The system what i participated is global one.
That's not a problem, that's a good thing :-)

> So when i make the Workflow Substitution Service using these RFCs, I need
> to consider User Timezone. 
I would say you are looking at a non-issue. The are no time data for the 
substitution period because that is "too much detail".

Why have you concluded that you need to have a substitution period with time 
in addition to date? Unless your system time zone is UTC-12 and you have a lot 
of users in UTC+12 my opinion is that you don't really have to worry.

Then again, this may be a real issue in Samsung, but it would be interesting 
to hear why. I suppose if you really *need* time in addition to date you would 
want to let the user specify time as well, i.e. modify the dialog boxes as 
well as the data structures.

> best regards.
>  염 유 영(Yeom, Yu Young)
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