feat: update default user timezone to 'America/New_York' and add time conflict checks for scheduling appointments

meetings/migrations/0002_alter_appointmentrequest_user_timezone.py

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 5.2.8 on 2025-12-07 12:49
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('meetings', '0001_initial'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='appointmentrequest',
+            name='user_timezone',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, default='America/New_York', max_length=63),
+        ),
+    ]

meetings/models.py

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import time
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import jwt
 import json
+from django.db import IntegrityError
 
 class EncryptionManager:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ class AppointmentRequest(models.Model):
     )
     
     scheduled_datetime = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
-    user_timezone = models.CharField(max_length=63, default='UTC', blank=True)
+    user_timezone = models.CharField(max_length=63, default='America/New_York', blank=True)
     scheduled_duration = models.PositiveIntegerField(
         default=30,
         help_text="Duration in minutes"
@@ -385,6 +386,17 @@ class AppointmentRequest(models.Model):
             self.jitsi_room_id = f"appointment_{str(self.id).replace('-', '')}_{timestamp}"
         return self.jitsi_room_id
     
+    def _time_conflicts(self, start_dt, duration, exclude_self=False):
+        end_dt = start_dt + timedelta(minutes=duration)
+        qs = AppointmentRequest.objects.filter(
+            scheduled_datetime__lt=end_dt,
+            scheduled_datetime__gte=start_dt - timedelta(minutes=duration),
+            status='scheduled'
+        )
+        if exclude_self:
+            qs = qs.exclude(pk=self.pk)
+        return qs.exists()
+
     def generate_jwt_token(self, user, user_type='participant'):
 
         if not self.jitsi_room_id:
@@ -635,7 +647,11 @@ class AppointmentRequest(models.Model):
         else:
             return meeting_start - timedelta(minutes=5) <= now <= meeting_end
 
-    def schedule_appointment(self, datetime_obj, moderator_user, participant_user=None, duration=60, create_meeting=True, commit=True):
+    def schedule_appointment(self, datetime_obj, duration=30, moderator_user=None, participant_user=None, create_meeting=True, commit=True):
+
+        if self._time_conflicts(datetime_obj, duration, exclude_self=False):
+            raise IntegrityError("Time slot already booked — cannot schedule appointment at that datetime.")
+        
         self.status = 'scheduled'
         self.scheduled_datetime = datetime_obj
         self.scheduled_duration = duration
@@ -647,18 +663,22 @@ class AppointmentRequest(models.Model):
                 participant_user=participant_user,
                 with_moderation=True
             )
-        
         if commit:
             self.save()
 
-    def reschedule_appointment(self, new_datetime, new_duration, commit=True):
+
+    def reschedule_appointment(self, new_datetime, new_duration=30, commit=True):
+
+        if self._time_conflicts(new_datetime, new_duration, exclude_self=True):
+            raise IntegrityError("Time slot already booked — cannot reschedule to that datetime.")
+
         self.status = 'scheduled'
         self.scheduled_datetime = new_datetime
         self.scheduled_duration = new_duration
-        self.rejection_reason = ''
-        
         if commit:
             self.save()
+        return self
+    
 
     def reject_appointment(self, reason='', commit=True):
         self.status = 'rejected'

meetings/serializers.py

@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ class AppointmentRequestCreateSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     )
     timezone = serializers.CharField(
         required=False, 
-        default='UTC',
+        default='America/New_York',
         help_text="User's timezone (e.g., 'America/New_York', 'Africa/Accra')"
     )
     
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ class AppointmentRequestCreateSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         ]
     
     def validate_timezone(self, value):
-        """Validate that the timezone string is valid"""
         try:
             from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
             ZoneInfo(value)
@@ -338,7 +337,7 @@ class AppointmentScheduleSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
     time_slot = serializers.CharField(required=False, write_only=True)
     create_jitsi_meeting = serializers.BooleanField(default=True)
     jitsi_custom_config = serializers.JSONField(required=False, default=dict)
-    timezone = serializers.CharField(required=False, default='UTC')
+    timezone = serializers.CharField(required=False, default='America/New_York')
     
     def validate(self, data):
         scheduled_datetime = data.get('scheduled_datetime')