Defaults for new drivers (timezone, distance unit, language) from system settings

[MarcoSpittka]

Hi, a small suggestion for operators outside the US:

New drivers always start with America/New_York, miles and en. These are the column defaults in packages/database/src/schema/drivers.ts, and neither POST /drivers nor the portal registration sets them. The configured system.timezone isn't used there, and operators can't change a driver's distance unit afterwards (PATCH /drivers/{id} accepts timezone and language, but not distanceUnit). The CSMS "Create driver" form also preselects en.

It would help if new drivers took their defaults from the system settings:

• Timezone: system.timezone
• Distance unit and language: new settings, e.g. system.distanceUnit and system.driverLanguage (or the company language, if there is one)
• The same values preselected in the CSMS "Create driver" form, and distanceUnit editable via PATCH /drivers/{id} and on the driver detail page

For now we changed the column defaults directly in our database, but a settings-based default would survive updates. Thanks for considering it!

[evtivity-admin]

Thanks @MarcoSpittka, this is a good catch. We are building it for v0.1.51:

• New drivers, from the CSMS, the API and the portal registration, take their timezone from system.timezone.
• Their distance unit and language come from two new settings in Settings > Company (system.distanceUnit and system.driverLanguage).
• The Create Driver form preselects the same values.
• distanceUnit becomes editable through PATCH /drivers/{id} and on the driver page.

Existing drivers keep their values. Once v0.1.51 is out, you can set the new settings and put your column defaults back to the shipped ones, so updates no longer touch them.

[evtivity-admin]

This shipped in v0.1.51. New drivers now take the company timezone and the new driver distance unit and language defaults from Settings > Company. See Company Info and driver timezone. Thanks again @MarcoSpittka. Closing as resolved; open a new discussion if anything needs a follow-up.