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Oracle's PeopleTools PeopleBook PeopleTools 8.52: Global Technology February 2012 PeopleTools 8.52: Global Technology SKU pt8.52tgbl-b0212 Copyright © 1988, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Trademark Notice Oracle and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. License Restrictions Warranty/Consequential Damages Disclaimer This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reverse engineering, disassembly, or decompilation of this software, unless required by law for interoperability, is prohibited. 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Contents Preface Global Technology Preface ........................................................................................................................ xiii PeopleTools Global Technology ................................................................................................................. xiii PeopleBooks and the PeopleSoft Online Library ......................................................................................... xiii Part 1 Getting Started Chapter 1 Getting Started with Global Technology ..................................................................................................... 3 PeopleTools Global Technology Overview .................................................................................................... 3 PeopleTools Global Technology Implementation .......................................................................................... 4 Part 2 Configuring Your System for a Global Implementation Chapter 2 Controlling International Preferences ....................................................................................................... 11 Understanding International Preferences ...................................................................................................... 11 Setting Up Language Preferences in the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture .......................................... 12 Understanding the Session Language .................................................................................................... 12 Choosing a Session Language ................................................................................................................ 12 Changing the Session Language While Signed In ................................................................................. 13 Changing the Session Language Programmatically ............................................................................... 13 Determining the Session Language When the Sign-in Page is Bypassed .............................................. 14 Controlling the User Profile Language Preference ................................................................................. 15 Determining the Language of Help Documentation .............................................................................. 15 Applying Browser Language Preferences ..................................................................................................... 16 Copyright © 1988, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. iii Contents Understanding Browser Language Preferences ...................................................................................... 16 Setting Browser Language Preferences .................................................................................................. 16 Using Browser Language Settings to Determine the Sign-in Language ................................................ 16 Setting Up Language Preferences for Microsoft Windows-Based PeopleTools .......................................... 18 Understanding Language Preferences for Microsoft Windows-Based PeopleTools .............................. 19 Controlling PeopleSoft Configuration Manager Language Settings ...................................................... 19 Setting Up Locale-Based Formatting for the PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture ................................... 20 Understanding Locale-Based Formatting ............................................................................................... 21 Pages Used to Set Up PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture Locale-Based Formatting ....................... 22 Defining User-Specific, Locale-Based Formatting ................................................................................ 22 Defining Locales for Locale-Specific Formatting .................................................................................. 24 Defining Locale-Specific Formatting ..................................................................................................... 24 Applying System-Wide Default Formatting .......................................................................................... 25 Setting Up Locale-Based Formatting for Microsoft Windows-based PeopleTools ..................................... 25 Chapter 3 Setting and Maintaining Time Zones ......................................................................................................... 27 Understanding Time Zones ............................................................................................................................ 27 Setting the Base Time Zone .......................................................................................................................... 28 Maintaining Time Zones ................................................................................................................................ 30 Understanding Time Zone Maintenance ................................................................................................. 30 Defining Time Zones .............................................................................................................................. 30 Generating Time Zone Offsets ................................................................................................................ 32 Defining DST IDs ................................................................................................................................... 33 Updating Time Zone Definitions to Comply with Legislative and Other Changes ....................................... 35 Controlling Time Zone Display When Developing PeopleSoft Application Objects .................................. 35 Understanding Time Zone Display Settings .......................................................................................... 35 Understanding Time Zone Precedence ................................................................................................... 36 Setting Time Zone Options and Related Date Fields in Record Field Properties .................................. 37 Setting Time Zone Options in Page Field Properties ............................................................................. 38 Using PeopleCode Time Functions .......................................................................................................