Can date/time fields display the time zone?

[Ashley Honeycutt]

Is there a setting in Jira that adds the time zone to the date/time field when viewing an issue?

I understand the fields display based on the current user's time zone preference, however on cross-country teams, it would help if this value could be visible at a glance. 

Thanks!

[Jovin]

Hey @Ashley Honeycutt 

Date Time fields are always displayed in the user's local time based on their profile. They can update their profile accordingly here: https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/manage-your-jira-personal-settings/

[Ashley Honeycutt]

Hi @Jovin

Thank you. Unfortunately this does not quite get us what we need. I know there are some properties that are configurable (such as displaying absolute date/time vs relative date/time). 

I'm hoping there's a property that will append the time zone. It would be very helpful for distributed/remote teams who frequently share their screens when planning work.

[Jovin]

@Ashley Honeycutt You could create a custom field (short text) called "Creator Time Zone" (or whatever field you're looking at, and have the field populate from a trigger of an automation rule:

e.g. to have it auto-populate when the time is filled in (assuming your date time field is called "Issue start"

1. Trigger: Field value changed
   1. Field to monitor: Issue start
   2. Actions: all modifications
2. Edit Issue
   1. Field: Creator Time Zone
   2. Value: {{creator.timeZone}}

If this was triggered by a user in New Zealand the value of "Creator Time Zone" would be: Pacific/Auckland

You could also extend this to prevent the relative time display to append the date/time in as well, e.g. {{issue.Issue start.jqlDateTime}} {{creator.timeZone}}

Additionally, this may just input the correct time zone itself: {{issue.Issue start.longDateTime}}

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/jira-smart-values-date-and-time/ 

You could also do things such as:

• {{assignee.timeZone}}
• {{comment.author.timeZone}}
• {{initiator.timeZone}}
• {{issue.assignee.timeZone}}
• {{issue.attachment.author.timeZone}}
• {{issue.reporter.timeZone}}