To enable this feature:

1. Ensure Configuring Events Management is complete.

2. Grant the following permissions:

   Object	Object Permission	Object Types	Fields	Field Permission
   em_event__v	CRE	n/a	time_zone__v start_date__v start_time_local__v end_date__v end_date_local__v	Edit
   preferences__v	RE	n/a	time_zone__v	Edit

3. Navigate to Admin > Configuration > Objects > em_event__v > Layouts.
4. Add time_zone__v field to the appropriate layouts.

5. Ensure the following fields are not present on layouts, as this can result in duplicate or discrepant data:

   • start_date__v
   • start_time_local__v
   • end_date__v
   • end_time_local__v
6. Navigate to Admin > Users & Groups > Permission Sets and select the appropriate permission set.

7. Navigate to Objects > Event > Object Controls and grant View access to the following Object Controls for all object types:

   • start_time_control__v
   • end_time_control__v

8. Populate the following fields for ongoing or in-progress events. This step is optional, but is recommended for reporting consistency:

   • time_zone__v
   • start_time_control__v
   • end_time_control__v

When end users create, edit, or reschedule an event, the following fields must be populated before the event can be saved:

• start_time_control__v – Displays with the label Start Time. Select the start date and time of the event.
• end_time_control__v – Displays with the label End Time. Select the end date and time of the event.
• time_zone__v – Select the time zone of the event. Since end users may frequently schedule their events within their own time zone, when end users select a value from this field, their selection is stored in the time_zone__v field of their associated preferences__v record. The value of this field automatically populates as the default value of the time_zone__v picklist when creating future events.

The start_time_control__v and end_time_control__v fields replace the existing start_time__v and end_time__v fields.

Saving the event automatically stamps data for the following fields:

• start_date__v – The date portion of the start_time_control__v field
• start_time_local__v – The localized start time of the event, as defined in the start_time_control__v field
• start_time__v – The UTC start time of the event
• end_date__v – The date portion of the end_time_control__v
• end_time_local__v – The localized end time of the event, as defined in the end_time_control__v field
• end_time__v – The UTC end time of the event

The local time, date, and time zone of an event can be referenced in Approved Emails sent as invitations, as well as Print Templates using the standard {{ObjectAPIName.FieldAPIName}} merge token:

• {{em_event__v.start_time_local__v}}
• {{em_event__v.end_time_local__v}}
• {{em_event__v.start_date__v}}
• {{em_event__v.end_date__v}}
• {{em_event__v.time_zone__v}}

The existing {{em_event__v.start_time__v}}, {{em_event__v.end_time__v}}, and {{timezone}} tokens can still be used to render the time zone of the current user, rather than the time zone of the event.