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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
      last edited by

      Is it exactly 9hrs?

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      • UnderstudyU
        Understudy @stephenw10
        last edited by

        @stephenw10

        I believe it is.

        Nov  3 22:36:45 Ignis filterlog[16230]: 82,,,1770008940,ix5,match,block,in,4,0x28,,12,39,0,DF,1,icmp,44,1.71.141.102,104.219.179.88,request,62198,3824
        Nov  3 22:36:46 Ignis filterlog[16230]: 4,,,1000000103,ix5,match,block,in,4,0x0,,235,8021,0,none,6,tcp,40,91.191.209.14,104.219.179.88,55893,40656,0,S,871183069,,1024,,
        [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@Ignis.brendhanhorne.com]/root: date
        Thu Nov  3 13:36:52 EDT 2022
        
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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmm, curious. The timezone you have set is not 9hrs from UTC.

          Have you tried setting different TZ and then switching back? Or setting GMT+5 directly?

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            serbus @Understudy
            last edited by

            Hello!

            Have you restarted all of the relevant services since making any system timezone changes?

            John

            Lex parsimoniae

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            • UnderstudyU
              Understudy @serbus
              last edited by

              @serbus Yes

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              • UnderstudyU
                Understudy @stephenw10
                last edited by Understudy

                @stephenw10

                [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@Ignis.brendhanhorne.com]/root: date
                Thu Nov  3 13:38:02 -05 2022
                

                Screenshot 2022-11-03 144042.png

                I have done that as suggested. I will let it run for a bit and see what the logs say. I thank you again for your help. It will be interesting because I am technically gmt -5 and I may have to do another restart. Which I will do later tonight.

                Sincerely,
                Brendhan

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator @Understudy
                  last edited by stephenw10

                  @understudy said in Time date in logs not correct.:

                  I am technically gmt -5

                  Not if you use the POSIX time format, which FreeBSD/pfSense does. ๐Ÿ˜‰
                  https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/time-zone.html#clock-does-not-use-the-expected-zone-offset

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                  • UnderstudyU
                    Understudy
                    last edited by

                    I am going to do a reboot also just to be sure.

                    Brendhan

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                    • UnderstudyU
                      Understudy
                      last edited by

                      Okay, I did a reboot and checked the bios time. The bios time was off by two hours. It wasn't before so I am probably going to have to replace the cmos battery. As it stands right now it looks like the times for everything are correct. I am leaving it with posix time and making sure the ntpq -pn is good. I will check again in the morning to be sure and report back but initial reports look good.

                      [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@Ignis.brendhanhorne.com]/root: date
                      Thu Nov  3 17:15:46 -05 2022
                      [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@Ignis.brendhanhorne.com]/root: ntpq -pn
                           remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
                      ==============================================================================
                       2.pfsense.pool. .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
                       0.north-america .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
                       1.north-america .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
                       2.north-america .POOL.          16 p    -   64    0    0.000   +0.000   0.000
                       216.197.156.83  .PPS.            1 u   24   64  377   87.111  -358288   1.279
                       198.211.103.209 206.108.0.131    2 u   19   64  377   36.503  -358289   0.932
                       159.203.158.197 128.59.0.245     2 u   19   64  377   37.168  -358289   0.977
                       157.245.141.244 129.6.15.29      2 u   23   64  377   38.057  -358289   2.271
                       12.167.151.1    158.51.134.123   3 u   17   64  377   36.220  -358291   0.514
                      +209.115.181.110 206.108.0.131    2 u   37   64    7   88.227  -358289   0.135
                      *167.99.186.165  129.6.15.28      2 u   30   64    7   48.159  -358289   0.748
                      [2.6.0-RELEASE][admin@Ignis.brendhanhorne.com]/root:
                      
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                        SteveITS Galactic Empire @Understudy
                        last edited by

                        @understudy The BIOS being off by exactly a multiple of an hour is frustrating to figure out. Much more obvious if it is 27 minutes. :)

                        re: some services using other times, I actually posted a log of that in a completely unrelated redmine, https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13593. That log entry was:

                        system log (14:07 is UTC, 9:07 is US CDT):

                        Oct 25 14:07:44 check_reload_status 353 Syncing firewall
                        Oct 25 14:07:44 php-fpm 69691 /pkg_mgr_install.php: Configuration Change: admin@ip (Local Database): Saved firmware branch setting.
                        Oct 25 09:07:13 pkg-static 50845 pfSense-repo upgraded: 2.6.0_8 -> 2.7.0.a.20221025.0600
                        Oct 25 09:07:11 pkg-static 47503 pkg upgraded: 1.17.5_2 -> 1.18.4_1
                        Oct 25 14:07:02 check_reload_status 353 Syncing firewall
                        Oct 25 14:07:01 php-fpm 69213 /pkg_mgr_install.php: Configuration Change: admin@ip (Local Database): Saved firmware branch setting.
                        

                        In that case it was the 5 hour time zone.

                        Not on pfSense, AFAIK, but I have set up Linux servers where if you change time zones some services don't pick it up until they restart.

                        Pre-2.7.2/23.09: Only install packages for your version, or risk breaking it. Select your branch in System/Update/Update Settings.
                        When upgrading, allow 10-15 minutes to restart, or more depending on packages and device speed.
                        Upvote ๐Ÿ‘ helpful posts!

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