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    Auto Configuration Backup times are off

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      Wolfgangthegreat
      last edited by Wolfgangthegreat

      Hello,

      I use time zone of "Asia/Jerusalem", which currently is IDT, which is GMT+3.

      I set to backup on every config change.

      The time at relevant config change was 14:30, but the auto backup date was 19:30. see attached screen shots.
      This is just one example, but the gap is the same across all backup up items.
      Strangely the backup items do note "+0300" but not actually follow it.

      Various other system logs do show the correct time, as the system is configured.

      Is it possible that the times of the online backup items is not following the device's time configuration?

      The dashboard time
      2023-10-22 14_31_52-Status_ Dashboard - home.arpa.png

      The backup items
      2023-10-22 14_31_59-Services_ Auto Configuration Backup_ Restore - home.arpa.png

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Did you actually set 'Asia/Jerusalem' or GMT+3?
        pfSense uses POSIX style timezones where that would be GMT-3:
        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/troubleshooting/time-zone.html#clock-does-not-use-the-expected-zone-offset

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          Wolfgangthegreat @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10
          I used Asia/Jerusalem.
          The list of options has options in the style of etc/gmt+3 , but I did not use it.

          As noted, other local device logs are OK, I suspect the log time stamp may be coming from the backup server and not from the local device.

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            Hmm, yeah I'm seeing some odd time stamps there too. Let me investigate....

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              Wolfgangthegreat @stephenw10
              last edited by

              @stephenw10 Great, thanks.

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                Making_sense_of_pfSense
                last edited by

                I'll be following this thread because I have the same issue.

                Running pfSense Community Edition 2.7.2 on a Qotom Mini PC.

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                  Wolfgangthegreat
                  last edited by

                  Any news on this @stephenw10 ?

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by stephenw10

                    Yup, rechecking I think I see the issue. The server timestamps changed when it was moved to new infrastructure so this is no longer true:
                    https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/usr/local/www/services_acb.php#L71

                    Setting that to UTC shows the correct times for me.

                    Asked our admins how they want to handle it. I imagine correcting the server timezone will fix this but we shall see.

                    Steve

                    https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15005

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