Dates and Times Displayed in Policy Designer

The date format and time zone that are displayed on the Policy Designer interface may differ from other user or system settings that you have configured. This topic describes the specific differences you may see.

Policy Designer Date Format

The standard date format used throughout the Policy Designer module is YYYY-MM-DD HH: mm: ss, where the time values use a 24-hour time format. With the exception of the Policy Overview page, which may display other date formats, the Policy Designer interface displays dates and times in the standard format regardless of any global date format settings that have been defined or the format that is defined in your operating system settings.

Policy Time Zone

For each policy, you can specify the time zone in which the Policy Designer interface displays dates and times. For example, the time zone setting determines the dates and times that are:

Displayed in the Execution History pane.
Displayed in validation messages.
Written into the body of email messages or the Description field in Policy Recommendation records that are generated by policies.
Evaluated when you specify a relative date and time.

The time zone that you specify for a policy will be used irrespective of any other user or system time zone settings.