Time zone used fot GI/MAD time calculation

[Former Member]

Hi,

We have been trying to define working shifts/ cutoff for shipping points. While scheduling SAP is using the user time zone to calculate the MAD time, GI time etc. I need it to use a specific time zone that I define and not the time zone of the user processing the document. There is a field for time zone at the point where we allocate the shift definition to the calendar but it is not working. Is there anyway to achieve this ? The strange part is that it is not considering the Planr or shipping point time zone , but the user time zone to do all calculations.

Thanks,

Hari.

[christian_rosa · Accepted solution]

Dear Hari,

Usually in SAP logisticss the standard is to take date and time from the

location where the user is located, there is reasons for it for example

imagine the case below:

"A user is working in time zone EST (GMT-5h), the shipping point is in

time zone CET (GMT+1h). At 11 p.m. the user enters today's date,

May the 9th, 2011 as actual goods movement day. The system now

calculates the date using the time zone of the shipping point and

determines 05:00 CET as actual goods movement time. But this time

refers to May, the 10th. After pressing <enter>, the date and time would

again need to be adopted which is confusing for the user.

If the date is kept unchanged, it is also not correct as then the date

is in the past (May, the 9th, 05:00)."

There is not a possibility to of one this system behavior in a way

that suits fine in every situation.

I have researched and found the following information though:

If you enter a time in the dialogue it is independent where the user is.

The systems takes it as time zone of the shipping point as long as the

time zone is maintained there otherwise, the local time zone is taken.

There is no calculation on the user input programmed as a date change

could lead to confusion...

Since the existence of the note 1596670 if you enter a time in the dialogue

it is independent where the user is.

Best Regards,

Christian Rosa

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Christian ,

Thankyou very much for the detailed response. This logic would cause us problems.

We have a user in EST that enters an order shipping from a PST time zone. If I define a cut off time ( working hours ) till 5 PM for the shipping point, and if the user is creating an order after 5 PM EST, technically it can still be shipped same day as it is still not 5 PM PST. But we get a MAD which is the next working day ( as it is past 5 PM in user time zone) and the delivery is delayed by a day.

More over if you see the actual field definitions in SAP

MBUHR - Material Staging Time (Local, Relating to a Plant), it says that the time in local time zone of plant.

Regards,

Hari.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Christian,

I checked the SAP note, it says:

Note the following:

Note that the actual goods movement date or actual goods movement time always refers to the time zone of the shipping point or receiving point. It is therefore also transferred to inventory management for material document creation.

This is not happening in our system. I tried in an another system also and the results were same. It is always using user time zone and this will result in late shipments.

Thanks,

Hari.

[Former Member]

Contacted SAP and they created a new note : 1629695 to fix this issue. This was a product error

[wilian_segatto]

Dear Harikrishnan.

Thank you for reporting the solution to your issue.

I am closing this thread.

Will