Deadline Locale Guide

Deadline Locale Guide

Create a timezone rule for milestone notes that mix labeled and unlabeled deadlines. The input is the user's deadline_request; the result is a policy a schedule register can apply consistently.

Precedence rules

1. Preserve an explicit numeric offset or named timezone attached to a timestamp.
2. For an unlabeled deadline, use the timezone named for the project or milestone owner.
3. If neither is supplied, use UTC and state that fallback in the result.
4. Resolve daylight-saving offsets for the deadline date, not the date on which the request is processed.
5. Do not reinterpret a date-only milestone as a precise instant unless the request supplies a local cutoff time.

Return value

Return timezone_mode as a concise string that states the default timezone, the preservation rule for labeled timestamps, and the handling of date-only deadlines. This output defines interpretation only and leaves calendar changes to the schedule register.

Example interpretation

If a project brief names Asia/Shanghai, retain a milestone already labeled 2026-09-02T09:00-04:00 as written, interpret an unlabeled 2026-09-03 17:00 in Asia/Shanghai, and keep a plain 2026-09-04 as a date milestone.

Interface reference

Input field: deadline_request. Milestone brief, deadline note, or schedule coordination request.

Accepted value: object.

Output field: timezone_mode; the returned value is a string.

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