Add time zone chooser to the web uploader

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So in case you or others are curious, here are the steps to fix the time zone on observations like this:

  1. On the web site, from your Dashboard page, click the “Observations” tab just below your username toward upper left. For your observations, that should take you to https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/faerout
  2. Next to the “Batch Edit” tab, first click on the Search tab. Using a combination of place and date information, you should be able to narrow down the observations to the ones you need to change. (Or you might have to do this in a few batches.) Click the blue Search button below to apply the selected filter(s).
  3. When you have the set you want, click Batch Edit. Empty check boxes will appear next to the chosen observations.
  4. Next to the “Edit Selected” button, click Select All. If any of the observations need to be excluded from the change, uncheck them individually.
  5. Click Edit Selected.
  6. At top, click Batch Operations.
  7. You will see a drop-down list for time zones. Pick the correct time zone (but leave the date/time box blank directly above), and hit the blue Apply button directly below. The dates and times will be left alone, and only the time zone will change.
  8. Scroll all the way to the bottom and click Save All.

Now, if we could just get an optional “Adjust Date/Time” checkbox next to the time zone dropdown, that would address the situation where the time is incorrect. If time is incorrect but time zone is already correct, then it would just take two iterations to first adjust the date/time, then restore the correct time zone.

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