Setting the default timezone for new users

To ensure that new users have the correct timezone settings, you must specify which timezone is applied when the users are created.

About this task

When a new user is created, the initial values or default values are populated from the following file: WEBGUI_HOME/etc/system/userdefaults.props. The default timezone setting for new users is GMT+00:00. Permissible timezone values are specified in the tz database. For more information about the tz database, see the following Web site:

https://www.iana.org/time-zones

For possible timezone values, see the following Web site:

http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/xtra/tzdatepick.html

After you have edited the userdefaults.props file, you must restart the server.
Tip: The timezone settings for existing users are stored in the following file: WEBGUI_HOME/etc/configstore/ncwUserPreferences/username.nova, where username is the respective user.

To change the default timezone for new users:

Procedure

  1. Open the WEBGUI_HOME/etc/system/userdefaults.props file.
  2. Set the value of the timezone property to the required time zone.
    Tip: Choose the name of a locale-based timezone (for example America/Chicago) rather than one relative to GMT (for example, etc/GMT-6).
  3. Set the value of the ael_user_properties_timezone_updated parameter to true.
  4. Restart the server.

Results

When new users are created, the timezone in the WEBGUI_HOME/etc/configstore/ncwUserPreferences/username.nova files is set to the value of the timezone property.