We have asked this question a few times through IFS cases but only get an explination of what the system is doing and not why it is doing it.
Most users are not even aware there is something called “Server Time” and they are also not generally aware of which time zone our server sits in. I assume this is a regular occurance amongst IFS users. It seems strange then for the system to prompt users to manually convert their local time to server time so they can enter it when creating a rental event. Stranger still is that as soon as the user saves the rental event the system displays the local time (Site time) as the rental event time.
It seems more sensible for users to only operate in local time as they do for all other areas of the system. Example: entering time card details or registering arrivals. If a user could simply enter the rental event time as their local site tme then have the system convert that in the background to server time when and where needed then no manual out of system conversions are required.