Collector and Editor Tracking

jaykapalczynski

When I enable editor tracking 4 fields are added.

• The name of the user who created it.
• The date and time it was created.
• The name of the user who edited it.
• The date and time it was last edited.

But when I look at the data that is recorded the date field is looking like Greenwich time....

Where do I need to specify what time zone I am in to make this record the accurate time?

Thanks in advance.

RandyBurton

I also suggest using UTC.  I will query features using the REST API and Python with a line of code to convert the time zone from UTC, such as:

editTime <SPAN class="operator token">=</SPAN> time<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>strftime<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'%c'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">,</SPAN> time<SPAN class="punctuation token">.</SPAN>localtime<SPAN class="punctuation token">(</SPAN>feature<SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'attributes'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">[</SPAN><SPAN class="string token">'EditDate'</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">]</SPAN><SPAN class="operator token">/</SPAN><SPAN class="number token">1000</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN><SPAN class="punctuation token">)</SPAN>‍<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN>

In addition, there is a Convert Time Zone tool in the Data Management - Fields toolset that can assist in this process if you are downloading the feature in a file geodatabase.