server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs

@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                     throw new System.NotSupportedException(msg);
                 }
 
+                TimeZoneOffset = timeZoneOffset;
 
                 apiServerState.SetOpsOnly("Seeding database");
                 ServerBootConfig.SEEDING = true;
@@ -528,6 +529,20 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
 
         long TCSales = 0, TCGoods = 0, TCBoth = 0;
 
+
+        public Decimal TimeZoneOffset = 0;
+        //this is supposed to output the correct UTC 
+        //value to save to db to match the desired time input
+        //taking into account the timezoneoffset specified for generating data
+        //so for example if the tzoffset is -7 utc and a input of 9:00am 
+        //then it should figure out what 9am in a -7 time zone is in UTC 
+        //and return that value
+        public DateTime DesiredTimeInUtc(DateTime dt)
+        {           
+            return dt.AddHours(0 - (double)TimeZoneOffset);
+        }
+
+
         //////////////////////////////////////////////////////
         //Seed known / expected test data for tests/development
         //
@@ -2421,15 +2436,19 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         //
         public async Task SeedWorkOrderAsync(ILogger log, int count)
         {
-            DateTime seedStartWindow = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(-9);
-            DateTime seedEndWindow = DateTime.Now.AddMonths(3);
+            DateTime seedStartWindow = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMonths(-9);
+            DateTime seedEndWindow = DateTime.UtcNow.AddMonths(3);
             for (int x = 0; x < count; x++)
             {
                 WorkOrder o = new WorkOrder();
                 o.Notes = Fake.Lorem.Sentence();
                 o.Tags = RandomTags();
-                var woDate = Fake.Date.Between(seedStartWindow, seedEndWindow);
-                o.CompleteByDate = woDate.AddDays(5).ToUniversalTime();
+                var tempDate = Fake.Date.Between(seedStartWindow, seedEndWindow);
+                var tempHour=Fake.Random.Int(9,17);//9am to 5 pm (except some times may be in different dst state so this will be out by an hour for example depending on time of year and time zone in question)
+                var woDate = DesiredTimeInUtc(new DateTime(tempDate.Year, tempDate.Month, tempDate.Day, tempHour, 0, 0));
+
+
+                o.CompleteByDate = woDate.AddDays(5);
                 o.CustomerContactName = "contact name here";
                 o.CustomerId = Fake.Random.Long(1, TotalSeededCustomers);
 
@@ -2467,7 +2486,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
 
                 o.CustomerReferenceNumber = "crf-" + Fake.Finance.Account(4);
                 o.InternalReferenceNumber = "irf-" + Fake.Finance.Account(4);
-                o.ServiceDate = woDate.ToUniversalTime();
+                o.ServiceDate = woDate;
 
                 int woItemCount = Fake.Random.Int(1, 6);
                 for (int y = 0; y < woItemCount; y++)
@@ -2477,21 +2496,25 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                         Sequence = y + 1,
                         Notes = $"itemnotes - {y} ",
                         TechNotes = $"technotes - {y}",
-                        RequestDate = woDate.ToUniversalTime().AddMinutes(y)
+                        RequestDate = woDate.AddMinutes(y)
                     };
 
                     //add two users for testing
                     var woItemScheduledUser = new WorkOrderItemScheduledUser()
                     {
                         UserId = RandomServiceTechUserId(),
-                        EstimatedQuantity = 1
+                        EstimatedQuantity = 1,
+                        StartDate = woDate,
+                        StopDate = woDate.AddHours(1)
                     };
                     woItem.ScheduledUsers.Add(woItemScheduledUser);
 
                     woItemScheduledUser = new WorkOrderItemScheduledUser()
                     {
                         UserId = RandomServiceTechUserId(),
-                        EstimatedQuantity = 2
+                        EstimatedQuantity = 2,
+                        StartDate = woDate,
+                        StopDate = woDate.AddHours(1)
                     };
                     woItem.ScheduledUsers.Add(woItemScheduledUser);