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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use time zones</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>time zones</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>A time zone is a geographical region in which the same standard time is used. SSA ERP provides the world's time zones information in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/aad/ttaad0160m000" role="session">Time Zones (ttaad0160m000)</GUIRef> session. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm/tcemm1100m000" role="session">Time Zones (tcemm1100m000)</GUIRef> session in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm" role="module">Enterprise Modeling Management</GUIRef> module you can select those time zones that you want to use and add a description to each time zone.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>The companies of a multisite structure must share the Time Zones (emm100) table.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>SSA ERP records dates and times of logistic transactions, such as the various types of order documents, transactions, postings shipments, and receipts, in <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#100000" role="glossary">Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) time</Link>, which is the same in every geographical location around the world. Therefore, a logistic company is independent of time zones.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>User time zones</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>In the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">User Management</GUIRef> module in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt" role="package">Enterprise Server</GUIRef> you must link a time zone to each SSA ERP user with the user data template. SSA ERP uses the user's time zone to display logistic transaction dates and times, which are registered in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc" role="package">Common Data</GUIRef>, in the user's local time.</Paragraph>
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		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Resource time zones</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>To determine the time zones for the various resources, such as departments and warehouses, SSA ERP uses the time zone that is linked to the resources' address.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP uses the time zone of a work center that acts as the calculation office of an <Link href="/baanerp/ti/glossary/glossary#000000000000055" role="glossary">assembly line</Link> to calculate the time differences between assembly lines. This information is necessary to coordinate the main lines and the supplying lines.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>The default time zones are the time zones that you enter in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs1143m000" role="session">States/Provinces (tcmcs1143m000)</GUIRef> session and in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0110s000" role="session">Countries (tcmcs0110s000)</GUIRef> session, in that order. If you do not enter a default time zone for the country, state, or province, you must enter the time zone for each address.</Paragraph>
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		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Financial company time zones</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You must select a time zone for each financial company in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/emm" role="module">Enterprise Modeling Management</GUIRef> module. SSA ERP records postings in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef> with the local date and time. When transactions are transferred from the logistic company to <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef>, SSA ERP converts the transaction date and time from UTC time to the financial company's local date and time. This way, the amounts are posted in the correct financial periods in each financial company.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>SSA ERP also converts the effective date and time of currency rates and tax rates, which you define in the logistic company, from UTC time to the financial company's local time. This way, the correct rates are applied to convert the amounts into the home currencies in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf" role="package">Financials</GUIRef> and to compute the tax amounts.</Paragraph>
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