Profile Timezone Enhancement

[acshields]

Enhancement: Retrieve user's timezone from the https// request and prefill into profile.

Update - Workflow

• When user logs into Projects App, retrieve their timezone from the https request and prefill this data onto their profile.
  Here is a reference article: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22479407/how-to-get-clients-time-zone-in-java-from-httpservletrequest#:~:text=there%20are%202%20ways%20we%20get%20browser's%20timezone%20from%20request%20object.&text=return%20of%20above%20can%20be,%3D%20absOffset%60%3B%20buffer.
• A user can choose to manually override the pre-filled timezone if desired by selecting an alternate timezone from the dropdown menu.

[maxceem]

At which place should we prefill user timezone?

If we prefill user timezone on the regular user profile page https://connect.topcoder-dev.com/settings/profile it might bring confusion, as visually user would see that timezone is already selected on the profile, so user wouldn't click "Save" button, and it would not be saved. And other people would not see user timezone

So I guess we only have to prefill the timezone when we know for sure that user would click "Save" button. So the places are:

1. connect user registration form https://accounts.topcoder.com/connect/registration
2. incomplete profile during project creation
3. incomplete profile during first login New Progressive Profile Completion Scenario: First Time in Projects App #4106

[RishiRajSahu]

@maxceem yep all the 3 places are correct, and on profile page user should see the saved one or empty(if not filled yet).

[maxceem]

Thanks, @RishiRajSahu. Btw do we still have to support a separate registration form for Connect https://accounts.topcoder.com/connect/registration. It looks like if we open Connect app https://connect.topcoder.com/ and click a link to register in login form, we would see a standard Topcoder register form

[acshields]

@RishiRajSahu and @maxceem - following up on our meeting call yesterday with clarifying notes.

• When a user is first prompted for progressive profile completion, the app should fetch their current timezone from their browser.
• The user can either leave the timezone as-is, or they can manually update the timezone from a dropdown list if the timezone that was returned was not accurate or is not their primary timezone (for example, maybe the user is in Mexico on a trip but their primary timezone is in China).
• After completing the progressive profile completion, the user's timezone does not need to be automatically updated each time the user logs in. However, the user can go and manually update their timezone at any time.

[lakshmiathreya]

Timezone is not being picked automatically: