Can date/time fields display the time zone?

Question

Is there a setting in Jira that adds the time zone to the date/time field when viewing an issue?

I understand the fields display based on the current user's time zone preference, however on cross-country teams, it would help if this value could be visible at a glance.

Thanks!

Jovin · Answer

@Ashley Honeycutt You could create a custom field (short text) called "Creator Time Zone" (or whatever field you're looking at, and have the field populate from a trigger of an automation rule:

e.g. to have it auto-populate when the time is filled in (assuming your date time field is called "Issue start"

* Trigger: Field value changed* Field to monitor: Issue start
* Actions: all modifications

* Edit Issue* Field: Creator Time Zone
* Value: {{creator.timeZone}}

If this was triggered by a user in New Zealand the value of "Creator Time Zone" would be: Pacific/Auckland

You could also extend this to prevent the relative time display to append the date/time in as well, e.g. {{issue.Issue start.jqlDateTime}} {{creator.timeZone}}

Additionally, this may just input the correct time zone itself: {{issue.Issue start.longDateTime}}

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-date-and-time/

You could also do things such as:

* {{assignee.timeZone}}
* {{comment.author.timeZone}}
* {{initiator.timeZone}}
* {{issue.assignee.timeZone}}
* {{issue.attachment.author.timeZone}}
* {{issue.reporter.timeZone}}

Ashley Honeycutt · Answer

Hi @Jovin

Thank you. Unfortunately this does not quite get us what we need. I know there are some properties that are configurable (such as displaying absolute date/time vs relative date/time).

I'm hoping there's a property that will append the time zone. It would be very helpful for distributed/remote teams who frequently share their screens when planning work.

Jovin · Answer

Hey @Ashley Honeycutt

Date Time fields are always displayed in the user's local time based on their profile. They can update their profile accordingly here: https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/manage-your-jira-personal-settings/