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Bug #13241

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syslogd doesn't honor the Timezone set in the System/General Setup

Added by Danilo Zrenjanin almost 3 years ago. Updated almost 3 years ago.

Status:
Not a Bug
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
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Category:
System Logs
Target version:
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Description

It shows the wrong time only in the Status/System Logs/System/General section.

I chose Europe/Belgrade Timezone.

Here is the system time:


Shell Output - date

Fri Jun  3 10:01:50 CEST 2022

However, system logs show:

Jun 3 08:01:50     check_reload_status     399     Reloading filter

If I Reset Log Files, under Status/System Logs/Settings, the first entry will show the correct time. 

Jun 3 10:06:05     syslogd         kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel

Then it will proceed with GMT Timezone:

Jun 3 08:06:43     php-fpm     79431     /interfaces.php: Configuration Change: admin@192.168.20.66 (Local Database): Interfaces settings changed
Jun 3 08:06:43     check_reload_status     399     Syncing firewall
Jun 3 08:06:44     php-fpm     52907     /interfaces.php: Gateway, NONE AVAILABLE

Other sections under Status/System Logs show the correct time.

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 #1

Updated by Danilo Zrenjanin almost 3 years ago

I am getting the same results on:

22.01-RELEASE (amd64)
built on Mon Feb 07 16:37:59 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE

and

2.7.0-DEVELOPMENT (amd64)
built on Wed Jun 01 06:12:27 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 12.3-STABLE
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 #2

Updated by Jim Pingle almost 3 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Not a Bug
  • Target version deleted (CE-Next)
  • Plus Target Version deleted (Plus-Next)

That isn't a bug. Each daemon picks up the time zone change when it starts, that isn't up to syslogd. To fully activate the time zone change you have to either restart every single process on the system, or reboot, and rebooting is far easier. This is noted in the docs: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/config/general.html#localization

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 #3

Updated by Danilo Zrenjanin almost 3 years ago

Yeah right. It works fine after a reboot. I somehow omitted that part in the docs. Thanks!

However, adding the note from the docs in the GUI below the Timezone dropdown menu will be helpful.

Changing the zone requires a reboot to fully activate the new zone in all areas of the firewall.
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 #4

Updated by Danilo Zrenjanin almost 3 years ago

Here is the feature request:
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13244

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