[mrtg] Re: International timezones and cisco router interface stats

[Chuck Harpham]

Hi Alex.. Thanks for the information on this.. This was helpful... It
appears that all of our routers have timezones  set to PST which  appears
to be causing the problem.

chuck harpham



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  |       To:     Chuck Harpham/Eugene/Oregon/SYMANTEC at SYMANTEC                                                                    |
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Chuck Harpham wrote:

> When I use the parameter "Timezone[route.2]: Japan, it displays the wrong
> date and also the incorrect time for Japan..... Any Ideas why this is
> happening?  (MRTG runs off of a Soloaris box)

First thing to check in that case is whether the computers time is
set correctly.  I don't know solaris too well but it has to have a
way to check the time in UTC.  Display it and compare it to your
local time. (perhaps "TZ=UTZ date" ?)

If you're living east of the UK, the UTC time should be more early
than the local time, else it should be ahead of your local time.

For instance:
   UTC time:       Thu Feb  8 22:51:57 UTC 2001
   Chicago USA     Thu Feb  8 16:51:57 CST 2001
   most of europe: Thu Feb  8 23:51:57 CET 2001
   Japan:          Fri Feb  9 07:51:57 JST 2001
examples valid only if *my* TZ settings are correct ofcourse :)

If that's OK, check if your computer displays proper time for Japan
when doing something like "TZ=Japan date"

These two checks cover most cases of timezone problems.  If this is
not the case then maybe somebody else is able to help you.

cheers,
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