Kronos WFC Here it comes again! Or The enemy known as DST Presented by Bryan deSilva http://www.improvizations.com For Blog entry authored by David Goldhirsch on http://kronos-fans.blogspot.com/ June 8, 2009 Kronos, Windows, Microsoft, etc are all trademarks, copyrights, etc. We recognize them here so we don’t have to type it everywhere.

Spring up or forward? Sunday 1:58am 1:59am 3:00am Don’t worry. I’m going to walk you though all this.

Sunday

1:58am

1:59am

3:00am

Got Weirdness? What should you see? What do you want? Is there a law? I can’t handle this!

Troubleshooting Verify the time zone of the punches and the employee Verify the appropriate TIMEZONE row in the database Override Pay-From-Schedule for Project View Employees Create special schedule or special work rule transfer for the one shift I’ve got your back!

Verify the time zone of the punches and the employee

Verify the appropriate TIMEZONE row in the database

Override Pay-From-Schedule for Project View Employees

Create special schedule or special work rule transfer for the one shift

Doesn’t Kronos do EVERYTHING? Remember, it is reasonable to expect some manual adjustments

Remember, it is reasonable to expect some manual adjustments

Time Zone Basics #1 Schedule data has NO Time Zone information

Schedule data has

NO Time Zone information

Time Zone Basics #2 Everything else has a time zone! Employees have time zones Punches all have time zones WFC application server has a default time zone

Everything else has a time zone!

Employees have time zones

Punches all have time zones

WFC application server has a default time zone

Be Certain That… The DST Event is sent to each device each DST Change Init w/Device Config Any Initialized Really About Any Update Windows is set for correct time zone Auto adjust clock for DST checked All clocks set for correct time zone You’ve done all this right?

The DST Event is sent to each device each DST Change

Init w/Device Config

Any Initialized

Really About Any Update

Windows is set for correct time zone

Auto adjust clock for DST checked

All clocks set for correct time zone

Check the Blog Avoid losing your mind http://www.improvizations.com/kronosblog has the details you need. Go to improvizations.com to d/l the White Paper

Avoid losing your mind

http://www.improvizations.com/kronosblog has the details you need.

Go to improvizations.com

to d/l the White Paper

Who am I are We? Bryan deSilva is a Sr. Implementation PM with a 25 year history at Improvizations working on dozens of successful projects including Project Management, Systems and Applications Development and Training. His online resume is at linkedin.com/in/bdesilva David Goldhirsch is a senior software engineer. He worked for 15 years at Kronos Incorporated, contributing (among other things) to how Daylight Saving Time and time zones are handled within Timekeeper Central, Timekeeper Central for Windows, and Workforce Central. Improvizations can be found at improvizations.com. We are an awesome Kronos Systems Implementation and Support organization with a large base of well known, extremely satisfied clients. Just ask one.

Bryan deSilva is a Sr. Implementation PM with a 25 year history at Improvizations working on dozens of successful projects including Project Management, Systems and Applications Development and Training. His online resume is at linkedin.com/in/bdesilva

David Goldhirsch is a senior software engineer. He worked for 15 years at Kronos Incorporated, contributing (among other things) to how Daylight Saving Time and time zones are handled within Timekeeper Central, Timekeeper Central for Windows, and Workforce Central.

Improvizations can be found at improvizations.com. We are an awesome Kronos Systems Implementation and Support organization with a large base of well known, extremely satisfied clients. Just ask one.