The purpose of time zones are to be a reference point for different things happening at the same time around the world. Thus, when time is logged/displayed in the Cetec system, the time must display according to one timezone or another.

We could have chosen either Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Eastern or Pacific Time. The designers went with Central Time as the default for Cetec ERP. So, if you’re an Mountain Time customer, and you see that someone logged into a work order at 3:00pm in Cetec, you’ll know automatically that they were actually logged in was 2:00pm in the Mountains.

The same principle applies for our other customers located all around the world. Note that, from an audit standpoint, as long as the timezone your system runs in is fixed, known, and consistent, you can key your time reporting off of that timezone system standard. An auditor should have no issue with this.