Show original date/time of feature service

[elpinguino]

Hi there,

I am working with feature services in ArcPro.

I am in a different time zone from where the data is getting created.

1. How do I make sure the original date/time from the original time zone is shown when I use it in my ArcPro?

Also not sure if this is a setting in ArcGIS Online. (I didn't see an option to change this in the feature service. When doing the original publish from ArcPro to ArcGIS Online I did notice it asks about what time you want to display the data in, but I've already published it, so hoping there's another way to adjust this?)

I have tried googling and ChatGPTed this, but I'm likely using the wrong words or phrasing it incorrectly. Any help or pointers you could offer would be great. Thanks for your time.

[ChristopherCounsell]

Have you come across this blog?

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/working-with-agol-feature-services-date...

[elpinguino]

Hi @ChristopherCounsell , Thanks for sharing this link. I've tried in one of my tracker views created for testing. It didn't change the time yet. Should I also be switching the lines highlighted above in this screenshot? With just a little more guidance I think I can get there.

[ChristopherCounsell]

No - I would not recommend changing the service definition.

https://doc.arcgis.com/en/arcgis-online/reference/use-tracks.htm

All datetime values are recorded in coordinated universal time (UTC).

UTC in Esri is a thing for a reason. Some editor tracking lets you specify the time zone. Back in 2020 it wasn't an option for Tracker. Doesn't look like you can do it now.

I would recommend accommodating the desired location offset in your FME Server workflow.

Esri will do it real time from UTC to the device. FME can do it by adding 10 hours to your desired output...