Adding a new time zone (UTC) for user selection in the JasperReports Server login

Issue:

How to add a new "UTC" time zone so that this time zone appears in the "Time Zone" drop down list of the TIBCO JasperReports® Server login page :

and also appear in the "Time Zone" dropdown list of the "New Data Source" page :

Solution:

Adding a new time zone can be configured in the server's applicationContext.xml file. 

Steps:

1. Navigate to the directory ../webapps/jasperserver-pro/WEB-INF and open the file applicationContext.xml file for editing

2. Add <value>UTC</value> to the list of values under the bean id="userTimeZonesList"

3. Save the file and restart the application server.

The new entry will be added to the Time Zone drop down lists as shown:

Note: If the "UTC - Coordinated Universal Time" does not appear in the "Time Zone" of the "New Data Source" page when using Chrome browser, then the Chrome browser's cache needs to be first be cleared. This issue can occur despite the new time zone entry appearing in the TIBCO JasperReports® Server login page.