Default Time Zone: UTC?

Of course you can store non UTC-0 in DB but it would create complications ...

Storing UTC in DB is cleaner, it is like using a single character set in your pages (utf8), it allows to have a consistent behaviour of the stored data and avoiding confusing, (you do not need to know what timezone is)

so it should be the responcibility of application to display it in the right timezone e.g. different timezone for every visitor ...

In FLEXIcontent date field this configurable , so you can use it to store, UTC+0 or non-UTC datetimes (= exactly what is typed with no conversion)

ggppdk wrote: In FLEXIcontent date field this configurable , so you can use it to store, UTC+0 or non-UTC datetimes (= exactly what is typed with no conversion)

I understand that and why the UTC should be used as default time zone.
My problem in Joomla is: if I want to offset the display of the time zone I haven't any means to do it without messing with the core code.

Hello,

1. About date field you can use as you please, just configure it as you need ,

2. About created/modified/publish-up/publish-down dates these are stored like standard Joomla does (as UTC) ,

Where ? and how do you output it?
via a FLEXIcontent template?
via a 3rd party extension?