How do I specify time zone information in metadata so that it can be populated correctly in collection date fields?
You can use either alphabetic or numeric representations for time zones. Alphabetic: Use standard abbreviations, such as GMT, EST, EDT, CST, PST, MST, and so on, to represent different time zones. If the abbreviation is not recognized by the indexing engine, the time zone settings for the indexing machine is assumed. For example: “2001-09-21 09:30:47 CST” represents the date-time in Central Standard Time (which is GMT -06:00) Numeric: Use “+/-hhmm” format (where hh = hours and mm =minutes) to specify the offset from GMT.
