Timezone drop down in Flow shows wrong values

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Timezone drop down in Flow shows wrong values

jordystoj
Shopify Partner
6 1 2

I was trying to set up a scheduled flow to run in my timezone currently standard time (GMT +11) - The dropdown to select my timezone shows the daylight savings time GMT +10

 

Not sure if this effects anything

Would be nice if this was timezone aware.

 

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paul_n
Shopify Staff
1505 163 352

This is an accepted solution.

I got a clarification on this - the GMT values don't actually change for daylight savings time, which is confusing but part of the standard. So it may so +4 when it's actually running 5 hours off the current GMT time. 

 

In summary: if you choose a timezone at a particular location, it will run factoring in daylight savings time and just ignore the GMT label.

Paul_N | Flow Product Manager @ Shopify
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paul_n
Shopify Staff
1505 163 352

Hi I think you mean daylight savings aware. It should be that as well but possible there is some defect. We'll investigate.

Paul_N | Flow Product Manager @ Shopify
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paul_n
Shopify Staff
1505 163 352

This is an accepted solution.

I got a clarification on this - the GMT values don't actually change for daylight savings time, which is confusing but part of the standard. So it may so +4 when it's actually running 5 hours off the current GMT time. 

 

In summary: if you choose a timezone at a particular location, it will run factoring in daylight savings time and just ignore the GMT label.

Paul_N | Flow Product Manager @ Shopify
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jordystoj
Shopify Partner
6 1 2

Very interesting, thanks for the clarification