Date/time should be stored in UTC by default

Found in

EPiServer.CMS.Core 9.0.1

Fixed in

EPiServer.CMS.Core 10.0.1

(Or a related package)

Created

Sep 14, 2015

Updated

Jan 07, 2022

Area

CMS Core

State

Closed, Fixed and tested

Description

A database that is not converted to UTC throws an exception. Conversion can be done before upgrading.
Previous versions had no knowledge about which time zone is stored in the database, so required manual intervention.

See this SDK article for details: http://world.episerver.com/documentation/developer-guides/CMS/Deployment/storing-utc-date-and-time-in-the-database/