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Setting Timezones on Devices

What

In FileWave 14.1+ you are able to make command policy profiles for iOS (14+ supervised) and tvOS (14+ supervised) 

When/Why

Setting the timezone can help a user with their localization settings.

How

Native AdminWeb Admin
  1. Filesets view
  2. New Mobile ( or Desktop) Fileset
  3. Profile
  4. Command Policy
  5. Configure...
  6. Find "Time Zone"

You can choose between 

  • Don't Change timezone - (Default) Does nothing
  • Use FWAdmin time zone (X) - Where X should be the timezone of the computer admin is running
    • This option is something like a quick-set value that makes it so you don't have to wade through the long list of time zones
  • Select from the list of all time zones - A second drop down list will show of available timezones

  1. Payloads
  2. Plus 
  3. Command Policy
  4. Configure
  5. Find "Time Zone"

You can choose between 

  • Don't Change timezone - (Default) Does nothing
  • Use FWAdmin time zone (X) - Where X should be the timezone of the computer admin is running 

    Known issue that the webadmin  does not reflect the proper local timezone...under development

  • Select from the list of time zones - A second drop down list will show of available timezones

Please remember, Command Policy profiles are not persistent. Meaning a user could change it at anytime after this command has been received, but the command policy does re-apply periodically.  So, it is not a "restriction" per se.


Note: You should update any bookmarks to point to https://kb.filewave.com We will be working on links from FW Central/Anywhere that still come to this Atlassian site over the next couple of releases and then phasing out this site entirely in Jan 2024.