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Proposed Changes
Please contact gocdb-admins with any bugs/issues.
Dear all, An update to GocDB v5.4 is planned the morning of the 6th July downtime in GocDB. This version is available for testing at: https://gocdb-test.esc.rl.ac.uk and runs against a separate copy of the data which will quickly become stale when compared to production.
Important; the update will introduce new site time zone values where existing (legacy) lookup values will be replaced with standard ‘Olsen’ values following ‘Continent/City’ convention or UTC. For the majority of sites, existing time zone values can be copied over automatically. However, there are a number of sites (~92) which use legacy values that can’t be automatically carried over e.g. those starting ‘Etc/…’, ‘CET’, ‘GMT’. Where possible, we will be contacting the site admins directly and notifying them of the need to update their site time zone either before or shortly after the update.
IMPORTANT:
- Can all sites check their site time zone is correct after the update.
- This will affect the output of the ‘get_site’ PI method - the site <TIMEZONE> element will only show a valid Olsen value.
Thanks for your attention, GocDB team
To send to sites:
On 6th July GOCDB v5.4 will go live. One key database change relates to timezones.
IMPORTANT: Your site has been identified as using a timezone string (typically based on a 3-letter TZ or starting 'Etc/') which we can't automatically convert to the new "Olsen Style" which are typically of the form ‘Continent/City’ or 'UTC'. The new timezone values are available for testing at: https://gocdb-test.esc.rl.ac.uk If possible, please can you update your site's timezone in the production GOCDB before the 6th July. If this is not currently possible in the production instance (because there is not a suitable timezone for your site that folllows the 'Continent/City' convention), then it is important that this is done as soon as possible after the update.