JR50354: CANNOT CHANGE TIME ZONE IN ADVANCED PARAMETER PROPERTIES FOR INBOUND AND OUTBOUND WEB SERVICE

8.5.5.0-WS-BPM-IFJR50354
8.0.1.2-WS-BPM-IFJR50354
8.0.1.1-WS-BPM-IFJR50354
Version 8.5 Refresh Pack 5 for the IBM Business Process Manager products
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Version 8.5.0 Fix Pack 2 for the IBM Business Process Manager products

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• No matter how you select this value, if the input message does
  not include the time zone information the UTC time zone is
  used to parse the date/datetime value. And when you send a
  date/datetime value, the UTC time zone is used.
  

Local fix

• Manually convert each date back to UTC timezone
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  IBM Business Process Manager (BPM)          *
  *                  Advanced                                    *
  *                  IBM BPM Standard                            *
  *                  IBM BPM Express                             *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: No matter how you select this value,    *
  *                      if the input message does               *
  *                      not include the time zone information   *
  *                      the UTC time zone is                    *
  *                      used to parse the date/datetime         *
  *                      value. And when you send a              *
  *                      date/datetime value, the UTC time       *
  *                      zone is used.                           *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  No additional information is available.
  

Problem conclusion

• A fix is available for IBM BPM V8.5.0.1 so that you can
  configure the time zone in inbound and outbound web services.
  
  On Fix Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral), search
  for JR50354:
      1.Select IBM Business Process Manager with your edition
  from the product selector, the installed version to the fix
  pack level, and your platform,  and then click Continue.
      2.Select APAR or SPR, enter JR50354, and click Continue.
  
  When you download fix packages, ensure that you also download
  the readme file for each fix. Review each readme file for
  additional installation instructions and information about the
  fix.
  
  After you install this fix, the time zone field in advanced
  parameters properties is available for you to control the
  default time zone that is used to parse and serialize
  date/datetime values. There are four options: <default>,
  Server, Client, and UTC.
  
  <default> and Client are the same. Use either of these options
  when you want to use the time zone value that is defined in
  the 100Custom.xml file. If no value is specified in the
  100Custom.xml file, the time zone defaults to UTC or GMT.
  
  The option named  &#162;&#226;&#130;&#172; &#147;Client &#162;&#226;&#130;&#172;  &#189; has a  misleading name. W
  select Client, it means that you want IBM BPM to use a
  configurable time zone to parse the data/datetime information
  when there is no time zone information in the inbound or
  outbound message. This configured time zone value is used for
  all inbound and outbound messages.
  
  
  For the Server option, use the server &#162;&#226;&#130;&#172;&#226;&#132;&#162;s default time zone
  the UTC option, use UTC/GMT.
  
  The following example is of an inbound web service request:
  
  Input value in SOAP message 2014-06-16T12:00:00.000,
  Server time zone: GMT+08:00
  Client time zone configured in 100Custom.xml is GMT-08:00
  
  After parsing occurs, the value for the selections is
  
  <default>/Client: 2014-06-17T04:00:00.000+08:00
  Server:  2014-06-16T12:00:00.000+08:00
  UTC:  2014-06-16T20:00:00.000+08:00
  
  The following example is of an outbound web service invocation:
  
  Value for date parameter is 2014-06-16T12:00:00.000+08:00
  Server time zone is: GMT+08:00
  Client time zone configured in 100Custom.xml is GMT-08:00
  
  The string value in SOAP message is
  <default>/Client: 2014-06-15T20:00:00.000-08:00
  Server:  2014-06-16T12:00:00.000+08:00
  UTC:  2014-06-16T04:00:00.000Z
  
  To control the Client time zone information, you can add the
  following configuration in the 100Custom.xml file:
  <common merge="mergeChildren">
      <webservices merge="mergeChildren">
          <default-client-timezone
  merge="replace">GMT-08:00</default-client-timezone>
      </webservices>
  </common>
  
  For more information, see  &#162;&#226;&#130;&#172; &#147;Changing server properties in
  100Custom.xml &#162;&#226;&#130;&#172;  &#189;
  (http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/dmndhelp/v8r5m0/index.jsp?top
  ic=/com.ibm.wbpm.admin.doc/topics/changing_server_props.html)
  and  &#162;&#226;&#130;&#172; &#147;The 99Local.xml and 100Custom.xml configuration files
  (http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/dmndhelp/v8r5m0/index.jsp?top
  ic=/com.ibm.wbpm.admin.doc/topics/managing_twks_config_settings.
  html).
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  BPM STANDARD

• Fixed component ID

  5725C9500

Applicable component levels

• R800 PSY

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