Dates and times are time zone aware. Time zones are relative to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
For example, if an order is created on the system on 06/15/2003 at 16:00:00 in New York, (USA/New York time zone) a user in Chicago who examines that order observes that order creation date-time as 06/15/2003 at 15:00:00, (USA/Chicago time zone).
For a time published from Boston that is -5:00 hours from UTC, the string literal "-5:00" is appended to the current date-time attribute published from APIs. The input "2003-04-23T14:15:32-05:00" gives the date, time, and time zone reference for a transaction.
The yfs.install.localecode parameter in the yfs.properties file determines the Sterling Selling and Fulfillment Foundation time zone. For example, yfs.install.localecode=en_US_EST
To configure the time zone, set the yfs.install.localecode property to en_US_EST in the INSTALL_DIR/properties/customer_overrides.properties file.