Releases Q&A: 2022-04-27 Course Settings: Local and Course Time Zones Displayed

[afoote]

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[dsweeney2]

I think this change would be clearer if instead of using "Local" and "Course" it used "Local" and "UTC". An alternative would be to add " (UTC)" to the "Course" timestamp. Even better would be to include the local timezone information:

Local: April 21, 2022, 11:35am (Melbourne/Australia)

Course: April 21, 2022, 1:35am (UTC)

Or

Local: April 21, 2022, 11:35am (Melbourne)

UTC: April 21, 2022, 1:35am

[fred_bonatto]

Will this feature be available for Assignment Due Dates and times? Thanks