server/AyaNova/util/Seeder.cs

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         {
             bool LogJob = JobId != Guid.Empty;
 
+
             ILogger log = AyaNova.Util.ApplicationLogging.CreateLogger("Seeder");
             ApiServerState apiServerState = (ApiServerState)ServiceProviderProvider.Provider.GetService(typeof(ApiServerState));
 
@@ -54,12 +55,27 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                     throw new System.NotSupportedException(msg);
                 }
 
+                //validate timezone offset
+                if (timeZoneOffset > 14 || timeZoneOffset < (-12))
+                {
+                    var msg = $"Time zone offset \"{timeZoneOffset.ToString()}\" is not valid";
+                    LogStatus(JobId, LogJob, log, msg);
+                    throw new System.NotSupportedException(msg);
+                }
+
                 apiServerState.SetOpsOnly("Seeding database");
 
                 //Erase all the data except for the license, schema and the manager user
                 DbUtil.PrepareDatabaseForSeeding(log);
 
-                Set the time zone of the manager account here
+                //Set the time zone of the manager account 
+                {
+                    var ct = ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext;
+                    var mgr = ct.UserOptions.FirstAsync(m => m.Id == 1).Result;
+                    mgr.TimeZoneOffset = timeZoneOffset;
+                    ct.SaveChanges();
+                }
+
 
                 //Seed special test data for integration testing
                 //log.LogInformation("Seeding known users");
@@ -421,7 +437,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
                 //Children and relations
                 u.UserOptions = new UserOptions(1);
                 u.UserOptions.EmailAddress = p.Email.Replace("gmail.com", "helloayanova.com").Replace("hotmail.com", "helloayanova.com").Replace("yahoo.com", "helloayanova.com");
-                u.UserOptions.TimeZoneOffset=timeZoneOffset;
+                u.UserOptions.TimeZoneOffset = timeZoneOffset;
 
                 var NewObject = Biz.Create(ServiceProviderProvider.DBContext, u);
                 if (NewObject == null)