Joomla! Issue Tracker | Joomla! CMS #4476 - Default timezone not honoured in User Profile

Closed - Unconfirmed Report
8 Oct 2014
Medium
Build: master
# 4476

andykirk
7 Oct 2014

How to reproduce:

Make sure the "Global Configuration > Server > Server Time Zone" setting is set to something, e.g. Europe/London:
Make sure you're logged into the Admin area with a user that hasn't already set a language and go to "Basic Settings" - you should see the timezone isn't showing the Global setting:

The fallout from this is that whenever a user saves their profile they unwittingly set their timezone "Abidjan".

The line responsible for setting the default value is:
\libraries\joomla\form\fields\timezone.php line 131:
if (strlen($this->value) == 0 && empty($keyValue))

As far as I can tell, $keyValue is never empty as it's the users ID, and thus this condition is never met.
Changing the line to just:
if (strlen($this->value) == 0)
fixes the problem for me though I'm not sure if it has any other unintended consequences

Thanks

andykirk - open - 7 Oct 2014

wilsonge - comment - 7 Oct 2014

Hmmm this looks like a nasty old bug. But I think the thing about the default value is actually expected behaviour. What's the bug is that the form should take the value of the existing timezone saved for the user - which it looks like it's not :/

infograf768 - comment - 8 Oct 2014

I can't reproduce this here;
I get for a new user:

andykirk - comment - 8 Oct 2014

@infograf768, interesting, thanks. I don't see the 'Use Default' option in the tz list at all. I'll investigate further.

infograf768 - comment - 8 Oct 2014

<field name="timezone" type="timezone"
                label="COM_ADMIN_USER_FIELD_TIMEZONE_LABEL"
                description="COM_ADMIN_USER_FIELD_TIMEZONE_DESC"
            >
                <option value="">JOPTION_USE_DEFAULT</option>
            </field>