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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.appian.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Build a utility to allow admins to set users&amp;#39; timezones</title><link>https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/general/14952/build-a-utility-to-allow-admins-to-set-users-timezones</link><description>Are there any functions or smart services that allow setting of another user&amp;#39;s timezone? 
 Customer wants to build a utility to allow for admins to set timezone&amp;#39;s of user&amp;#39;s. Additionally, they would like to lock down the timezone (using the admin settings</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Build a utility to allow admins to set users' timezones</title><link>https://community.appian.com/thread/66894?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2019 18:21:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d3a83456-d57b-489c-a84c-4e8267bb592a:fb4ee319-9d83-4d50-8382-36f4c6575d89</guid><dc:creator>Jacob Edelman</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Looks like the people functions plugin allows for this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/b/appmarket/posts/people-functions---plug-in"&gt;https://community.appian.com/b/appmarket/posts/people-functions---plug-in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyone know what the difference is between these two samrt services?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Set User Preferences&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span&gt;Allows for a programmatic update of user preferences (language, timezone, calendar). New settings are initialized with a new session.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Update User Profile - Advanced
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Update the custom fields for a user account&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Both seem to allow setting the same fields for a user.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also, I tested setting a custom timezone and then disabling timezone configuration from the admin console and it appears that the settings are reverted to the system default.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>