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[Gabriel Hurley <Gabriel.Hurley@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Storage is consistent--UTC. Display to user should go through an optional layer to convert it to an end user-specified local timezone. This is part of "localization" (l10n) which is the complement to "internationalization" (i18n). Other examples of localization include number and date formatting.

    - Gabriel

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> bounces+gabriel.hurley=nebula.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Johannes Erdfelt
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 1:51 PM
> To: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] How to let nova use localtime rather than UTC
> time?
> 
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2012, Gabriel Hurley <Gabriel.Hurley@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Stored timestamps should always be in UTC, however efforts should be
> > made to support local timezones as a user-configurable option. Horizon
> > will be working towards this goal since Django has good timezone
> > support, I'd encourage other projects to keep this on their radar as
> > well.
> 
> I'm a little confused by your reply. You said it should always be stored in UTC,
> but then it should be user-configurable to use local timezones?
> 
> JE
> 
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