achinoam01: 10.7: Setting the default timezone for calendars viewed on Wiki Server

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

10.7: Setting the default timezone for calendars viewed on Wiki Server

Apple does not seem to have provided a setting to change the default timezone despite the obvious need to be able to do so. This hint is a workaround giving a way of changing the timezone for all users who view the calendar via the web interface.

First backup the following file:

/usr/share/collabd/coreclient/app/views/projects/calendar.html.erb

You will need root privileges to edit the file; this can be accomplished by:

sudo nano /usr/share/collabd/coreclient/app/views/projects/calendar.html.erb

Add the following line to the original file below the line <% content_for(:head) do %>:

<meta name="tzid" content="Europe/London">

Where "Europe/London" is replaced by the desired timezone.

The file should now read (in its entirety) ...