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.

[PeteCrosier]

I think you have two choices - UTC or the database's timezone. UTC is the default. At the time of enabling editor tracking, if you're using the Enable Editor Tracking tool, you can choose between the two. I would imagine that if you enable this within the ArcGIS Online interface then it will pick UTC.

[jaykapalczynski]

Where would you set this in ArcGIS Online?

[AbhijitSarkar2]

00129: <value> Editor Tracking dates in database time zone—Help | ArcGIS for Desktop 

[DougMorgenthaler]

I'd recommend storing the time in UTC unless you have a specific reason not to; clients like Collector for ArcGIS will automatically apply the appropriate time zone offset so it is displayed in local time of the device/user rather than where the database physically resides  (which might be in a different time zone altogether).

-Doug

[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 = time.strftime('%c', time.localtime(feature['attributes']['EditDate']/1000))‍‍

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.