Fixes are available
APAR status
Closed as program error.
Error description
The web service does not recognize the time zone information in the request message. When a client uses a web service with the type date, he or she might find that the request message contains a datetime string that is of a different time zone than the server. The value in IBM BPM is not correct.
Local fix
Problem summary
**************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: IBM Business Process Manager V8.5 Advanced * * and Standard * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: In a web service, when IBM BPM * * receives a request with a datetime * * value that contains time zone * * information that is different from * * the default time zone that is used on * * the server, IBM BPM parses that value * * without considering the time zone * * information. Therefore, the actual * * time value is changed based on the * * time zone change. Consider the * * following example message: * * 2013-09- * * 17T22:26:20.751+06:00 ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   * ‚   * ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   *   ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   * If the server default time zone is * * GMT, the value you get on ‚  the server * is * * 2013-09- * * 17T22:26:20.751+00:00 ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   ‚   * IBM BPM must use the time zone that * * is provided by the request message * * rather than the default time zone on * * the server. ‚   ‚   ‚   **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: * **************************************************************** In a web service, when IBM BPM receives a request with a datetime value that contains time zone information that is different from the default time zone that is used on the server, IBM BPM parses that value without considering the time zone information.
Problem conclusion
With the fix applied, when a datetime value is entered, IBM BPM extracts the time zone information from the input and then sets the parser to parse the datetime value in the target time zone. The resulting datetime value that is entered on the server is in correct time zone. On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search for JR47840. After you select the product group, product, installed version, and platform, click Continue and then select APAR or SPR, enter JR47840, and click Continue. When downloading fix packages, ensure that you also download the readme file for each fix. Review each readme file for additional installation instructions and information about the fix.
Temporary fix
Comments
APAR Information
APAR number
JR47840
Reported component name
BPM STANDARD
Reported component ID
5725C9500
Reported release
850
Status
CLOSED PER
PE
NoPE
HIPER
NoHIPER
Special Attention
NoSpecatt
Submitted date
2013-09-18
Closed date
2013-12-19
Last modified date
2013-12-19
APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:
APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:
Fix information
Fixed component name
BPM STANDARD
Fixed component ID
5725C9500
Applicable component levels
R800 PSY
UP
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Document Information
Modified date:
07 October 2021