[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51130: Events displayed in venue timezone instead of user's

[WordPress Trac]

#51130: Events displayed in venue timezone instead of user's
--------------------------------------+------------------------------
 Reporter:  iandunn                   |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Date/Time                 |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
--------------------------------------+------------------------------

Comment (by iandunn):

 That's an interesting idea 🤔

 I'd thought about adding it next to the event time, but it felt too
 cluttered. Putting it next to the city time would mitigate that. I
 uploaded some screenshots above that show examples of those.

 It also shows the difference between using the UTC offset, and the
 timezone abbreviation. I think I'm leaning towards the timezone
 abbreviation, since that's shorter, and would be more familiar for most
 people (I'm assuming).

 If we go with the timezone abbreviation, then maybe it would be better to
 place it next to the event time? That'd be more directly connected to the
 time, and more likely to be seen.

 There may be some technical challenges getting either of them, though,
 though. `Date().getTimezoneOffset()` and `new Date().toLocaleTimeString
 ('en-us',{timeZoneName:'short'}).split(' ')[2]` have various issues with
 browser support. `moment().tz("America/Los_Angeles").zoneAbbr()` might not
 be worth the performance hit for the enqueue. I guess we could try the two
 native methods, and fallback to an empty string if neither are available?

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51130#comment:10>
WordPress Trac <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress publishing platform