Timezone reference table updated

[Eric Koleda]

Hi All,

We've recently updated the timezone reference table in our documentation:

http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/appendix/timezones.html

This table now includes the POSIX name of the timezone used by the CreateAccountService as well as the display name returned in the AccountTimeZoneId file of reports.  For example, the timezone "America/New_York" is displayed as "(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time" in reports.  The offset displayed in the parenthesis will change based upon the observance of daylight savings time, etc.

We are still working to making it simpler to retrieve the timezone of an account, but for now downloading it in a report is the only method available.

Best,

- Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

[Brandon Parise]

The timezone is not being shifted based upon the observance of daylight savings time.

I pulled a report for today:

103526900,2012-08-14,1.0,4,1,7.59,9,(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time

The current offset should be GMT-04:00

B

[Oliver]

Brandon, are you saying you only just started getting inaccurate results for timezone?  Has it not always been like this?

[Brandon Parise]

This is the first time that we pulled AccountTimeZoneId in reports so I am not sure if this has always been the case. It's creating issues on our end since at the moment -05:00 is US/Central, not Eastern so our DateTime logic gets messed up;

$date = new DateTime('2012-07-15 00:00:00 -05:00'); // 2012-07-15 00:00:00

$date->setTimeZone(new DateTimeZone('America/New_York')); // 2012-07-15 01:00:00

Changing TimeZone to EST shifts the time +1 hour due to the incorrect offset coming down through the reports.

Brandon

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[Kevin Winter]

Hi Brandon,

  I explained a bit on the other thread.  Basically, I think you should just need to specify date & time with the account timezone, no need to shift for your current timezone.  If you could explain your use case, we might be able to provide more specific advice.

- Kevin Winter

AdWords API Team