2576448 - LMS: Incorrect Time Conversion to America/Caracas Timezone

LMS converted America/Caracas Timezone using UTC−04:30 instead of UTC−04:00.

Successfactors Learning Management System (LMS)

Assign a learning item to a user with 'America/Caracas' timezone.

Note: The 'Required date' time is always automatically set to 23:59:59 EST of that date, then converts it to the preferred timezone of the user.

• This timezone was previously UTC−04:30 from 9-Dec-2007 until 30-Apr-2016.
• It was changed to UTC−04:00 effective 1-May-2016. (See this Wikipedia article).
• In LMS, this change was applied across each data centers over many weeks starting March 2017.
• Applying the change was not expected to change the conversions done prior this.

• Use the Required Dates Editor to update the required date of learning assignments.
• System will now pick up UTC−04:00.

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