Team DEMP Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 Saw this over in the GSAK forum posted by Clyde last night. Not sure of the impact of this change on those using the recently added time zone adjustment option in Cachly. Time zone changes:In order to address long-standing inconsistencies in time zone handling between our website, our apps, and partner applications, we will be implementing a new system for handling time on geocache logs.Currently, geocache logs submitted through the API are converted from UTC to PST. With the upcoming changes, our API will stop the conversion from UTC to PST. The API will pass through the utcDateLogged without conversion and an underlying service will then convert those UTC timestamps to the time zone where the cache is located. Due to the above changes, utcDateLogged timestamps on geocache logs submitted through the API should generally be submitted in UTC without offsets. Additionally, the API will return geocache logs with timestamps converted to the timezone of the cache.Although we understand that not all logs are submitted in the time zone of the cache, we believe that this change will result in many more logs with the date intended by the player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Hubbard Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 This email was sent to all API partners. I have sent some further questions to clarify some things, but overall I hope that these will be good changes for users. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team DEMP Posted March 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 The GSAK forum post didn't indicate when it might take effect. Was that included in what you received? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Hubbard Posted March 30, 2017 Report Share Posted March 30, 2017 1 minute ago, Team DEMP said: The GSAK forum post didn't indicate when it might take effect. Was that included in what you received? Yes, it will go into effect on May 8th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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