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MTZ Reference
This section contains reference material that might be useful if you write custom reports and need to understand how the system stores and converts dates and times.
Date/Time Fields
The system uses the domain time zone to store date and time data in the fields listed in Fields Stored in Domain Time Relative to End User and converts the data to the end user’s time zone for display.

Fields Stored in Domain Time Relative to End User
 
Field Name
Description
ca_cls_date/time
Call close date/time
ca_comp_date/time
Call completion date/time
ca_evt_date/time
Call event date/time
ca_nxt_date/time
Call next status date/time
ca_opn_date/time
Call open date/time
ca_quote_exp
Call quote expiration date
cah_evt_date/time
Call status history event date/time
cah_nxt_date/time
Call status history next status date/time
cah_opn_date
Call status history open date
chm_cls_date/time
Call history close date/time
chm_comp_date/time
Call history completion date/time
chm_opn_date/time
Call history open date/time
chm_quote_exp
Call quote history expiration date
egt_sched_date
Engineer call schedule date
egt_start_time
Engineer call schedule start time
itm_endown_date/time
Call item end downtime date/time
itm_stdown_date/time
Call item start downtime date/time
itm_nxt_date/time
Call item next status date/time
itm_stjob_date/time
Call item start work date/time
itmh_stdown_date/time
Call item history start downtime date/time
itmh_endown_date/time
Call item history end downtime date/time
itmh_nxt_date/time
Call item history next status date/time
itmh_stjob_date/time
Call item history start work date/time
sfb_ca_opn_date
Call billing detail open date
sfh_ca_opn_date
Call billing history open date
wr_start
Call report labor detail start date
wr_st_time
Call report labor detail start time
wr_end_time
Call report labor detail end time
wo_ord_date
Call report order date
so_*/sod_*
All call invoice and call invoice line dates
Date and time data in the fields listed in End User Time Fields Stored Without Conversion reflect the end user’s time zone. The system does not convert them to the domain time zone.

End User Time Fields Stored Without Conversion
 
Field Name
Description
ca_eu_date/time
Call open date/time in end-user time zone
cah_eu_date/time
Call status history open date/time in end-user time zone
chm_eu_date/time
Call history open date/time in end-user time zone
fpc_start
Service pricing effective start date
fpc_expire
Service pricing expiration date
isb_*
All installed base item dates
itm_comp_date
Call item completion date
itmh_comp_date
Call item history completion date
sa_*/sad_*/sap_*/sca_*
All service contract dates and times
sah_*/sadh_*
All service contract history dates and times
sal_*/salh_*
All coverage limits dates
sv_stime[8]
Service type start coverage time
sv_etime[8]
Service type end coverage time
Date and time data in the fields listed in Engineer Related Time Fields reflect either an end user’s time zone or an engineer’s time zone, depending on whether the engineer is a field engineer. The system does not convert these to the domain time zone.

Engineer Related Time Fields
 
Field Name
Description
egd_start_eff
Engineer detail schedule start effective date
egd_end_eff
Engineer detail schedule end effective date
egd_start_time[8]
Engineer detail schedule start shift time
egd_end_time[8]
Engineer detail schedule end shift time
egw_st_time
Engineer availability start shift time
egw_end_time
Engineer availability end shift time
egw_week
Engineer availability start of week date
esh_start_eff
Engineer master schedule start effective date
esh_end_eff
Engineer master schedule end effective date
esh_start_time[8]
Engineer master schedule start shift time
esh_end_time[8]
Engineer master schedule end shift time
fsh_date
Engineer or service area holiday date
ocm_start_eff
Engineer on-call schedule start effective date
ocm_end_eff
Engineer on-call schedule end effective date
Date and time data in the fields listed in Domain Time Zone Fields reflect the domain time zone. The system stores and displays them without conversion.

Domain Time Zone Fields
 
Field Name
Description
ca_date/time_stmp
Call creation date/time stamp
cah_date/time_stmp
Call creation status history date/time stamp
chm_date/time_stmp
Call creation history date/time stamp
ca_tax_date
Call tax effective date