How to operate with multiple time zones: sublibrary level? or multi-ADM?

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 19.01

Description:
We are possibly opening a new 'branch' in another time zone (several hours away.) The documentation talks about a tab100 setting when your server is in a different time zone from the ADM library - is that the only way to do it i.e. become multi-ADM? Or is it possible to have just a sublibrary in a different time zone, in the same ADM library? [

Resolution:
Your assumption is correct. At the moment there is only the possibility to assign different time zones per ADM, as stated in the header of tab100:

!# TIMEZONE-ADJ
!# Values: Default: +00
!# Type: Text; Max Length: 03
!# tab100 of library: Yes; tab100_<server_type>: No.
!
! This variable is used to set the "current time" of a library in relation
! to the server time. The variable's format is a two digit number, prefixed by
! either a '+' sign or a '-'sign. The number is the difference in hours between
! the server time and the time zone of the ADM library, and the sign sets whether
! the ADM library is ahead (+) or behind (-) the server time.
! This adjustment affects circulation-related activities in an ADM library.

There is no way of assigning different time zones on sub library level in one ADM.

Note: an enhancement request has been created for this.

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013