We have events that stretch across each US time zone. We base the timezone on the location.
Honestly, I don't see the logic of basing it on your organization's time zone.
Our next event is on the east coast. We have attendees from all over the country. If we are opening up a popular session, I'll schedule an email for noon to allow our west coast attendees to see the email at a reasonable time.
If you use OnArrival or CrowdCompass, the times will all be offset if you are event other than Central Time.
Of every event I've done, time zone has never been an issue.
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Steven Schlossman
Jack of all trades. Master of none.
BMW Car Club of America
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-08-2019 17:49
From: Dymphna Timmins
Subject: Time zone question
Hi, I have a rather basic question: Is there a best practice around setting the time zone for a registration site? Someone in our organization wants the zone to be set to our local time zone (Central) for consistency, so registrants always know event deadlines adhere to central time--as opposed to the event location's time zone. I understand all the elements that the time zone controls, so I don't need a recap of those. I'm looking for any significant reason (error, confusion) that would result in keeping the site in our local time or, conversely, any significant benefit for maintaining it in the venue time zone. The only item I can think of is adding the event to the calendar, which would be inaccurate for the actual time of the event. Any other pros/cons?
#Classic-Creating/ManagingEvents
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Dymphna Timmins
YMCA of the USA
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