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Online Events - how to deal with different time zones?

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Deb W.
Deb W.
@deb-w
7 years ago
136 posts
We have members from around the world. We want them to be able to participate in live, online events if they so choose. How do I deal with that in the Events template? Is there a way for them to choose what location they are in? Or, failing that, can we change or add a field for the person posting the event to say what timezone this is scheduled in?

If this is not currently a possibility, I'm willing to brainstorm how to set this up in a way that is user-friendly since I figure if it works for me (a non-techy person with a dash of common sense), it will work for most of our members. I can share more details and examples about what we want members to be able to do...
updated by @deb-w: 09/01/17 04:50:33AM
SteveX
SteveX
@ultrajam
7 years ago
2,584 posts
This is usually done by adding the timezone to the time of the event.

e.g. 20:00 PST or 20:00 GMT

This works for large audiences such as Apple events, global press releases, etc.

Are your events all occurring in the same timezone? If so just add the timezone in the template after the event time.


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Deb W.
Deb W.
@deb-w
7 years ago
136 posts
Where do you put the timezone? I don't see a field for that in my template for events (see attached). I'd be happy to add a field for the if there is one to add... Should I just add a text field that a person can fill in? Or is there a timezone options (similar to the choices it gives you for the date & time)?

I'm trying to make it as simple as possible for our members (who are located around the world) to add their own events - whether they are face-to-face events or online events... and then for other members to translate the time to wherever they are located.
jsnzim
@jsnzim
7 years ago
27 posts
Is there a way to show events, by state, or city?
paul
@paul
7 years ago
4,326 posts
jsnzim:
Is there a way to show events, by state, or city?

Yes - assuming the state and/or city are in the event's 'event_location' field, add a search parameter to the jrCore_list code in the template -

{jrCore_list module="jrEvent" search1="event_location LIKE %New York%" . . . }

(PS - This question ought to be a new forum topic as its nothing to do with this topic's title - Thanks)


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Deb W.
Deb W.
@deb-w
7 years ago
136 posts
I'm still wondering about this....

Deb W.:
Where do you put the timezone? I don't see a field for that in my template for events (see attached). I'd be happy to add a field for the if there is one to add... Should I just add a text field that a person can fill in? Or is there a timezone options (similar to the choices it gives you for the date & time)?

I'm trying to make it as simple as possible for our members (who are located around the world) to add their own events - whether they are face-to-face events or online events... and then for other members to translate the time to wherever they are located.
SteveX
SteveX
@ultrajam
7 years ago
2,584 posts
Use Form Designer to add the field to both the create and update form.

Read the documentation on Form Designer if you haven't used it before.


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