AccountTimeZoneId doesn't take into account Daylight saving time

[Dzmitry Hancharou]

Hi,

From my account I see in Account preferences: Time zone (GMT+02:00) Berlin

But when I try getting an ad performance report, I have AccountTimeZoneId = "(GMT+01:00) Berlin"

Actually, Daylight saving time in Berlin, therefore GMT+02:00 is correct.

How to handle timezones properly?

Thanks,

Dzmitry

[Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Dzmitry,

That's working as designed. The field doesn't automatically adjust to Daylight savings time, it simply gives you the timezone that was provided when the account was created. I'll make sure this is documented properly.

I think you could use a library like Joda (http://www.joda.org/joda-time/) to do the datetime translation for DST changes.

Cheers,

Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords API Advisor.