A user's account's time zone is set during registration. All dates in the system are recorded in UTC and are automatically converted based on the selected time zone. Therefore, it is important that the time zone is correctly set so that dates and times are properly displayed in the system. If your organisation or group relocates or if the time zone is incorrectly set, users can change the time zone in the Account Settings under My Account.
Under the General tab, users may change their account's time zone setting. Select the desired time zone from the dropdown list and click Save Setting to confirm.
In addition to changing the time zone, eLabJournal also supports the display of dates and times in different formats depending on the user's preference. The following date formats are supported:
- year / month / day – yyyy-mm-dd (default setting)
- month / day / year – mm-dd-yyyy
- day / month / year – dd-mm-yyyy
The following time formats are supported:
- 24h – 0-24h (default setting)
- AM/PM – 0-12 AM and 0-12 PM
After saving these settings, all dates and times displayed in the application will automatically be formatted according to the chosen date and time settings.