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Setting `timezone="UTC"` for `TimePickerElement` should display "UTC" as the "hint" text, not "Monrovia, Reykjavik"

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Description

I am trying to build a form for users to fill out, and it includes a time picker. I want to "force" users to use UTC for this time picker. However, when I set timezone="UTC", the label that is provided is "Monrovia, Reykjavik". This is causing a bunch of downstream confusion that I basically have no control over the representation of.

I could imagine two solutions to this:

  • If I supply "UTC" as the timezone, it should just show "Time zone: UTC" as the "hint" under the form field.
  • The TimePickerElement should allow users to specify its own hint, so that I can display whatever I want, as the builder of the form.
Category (place an x in each of the [ ])
  • slack_sdk.web.WebClient (sync/async) (Web API client)
  • slack_sdk.webhook.WebhookClient (sync/async) (Incoming Webhook, response_url sender)
  • slack_sdk.models (UI component builders)
  • slack_sdk.oauth (OAuth Flow Utilities)
  • slack_sdk.socket_mode (Socket Mode client)
  • slack_sdk.audit_logs (Audit Logs API client)
  • slack_sdk.scim (SCIM API client)
  • slack_sdk.rtm (RTM client)
  • slack_sdk.signature (Request Signature Verifier)
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Research direction

Start at the TimePickerElement entry point in the slack_sdk.models UI component builders and trace how its timezone value becomes the hint text. Confirm the intended resolution with maintainers, then make the displayed hint represent UTC clearly or support a caller-provided hint, and verify the resulting form-field behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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