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Firewall log time and system time not aligned

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    fluca1978
    last edited by Jun 23, 2010, 10:39 AM

    HI all,
    I've noted that my firewall logs are reporting a time that is two hours back with regard to the system time, so I can see in the general log the correct date and time, and a wrong one in the firewall logs. I've connected thru the shell and the date command displays the right time. This could be an issue since I've scheduled rules, is there a way to adjust the time without rebooting (I've not tried yet)?

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      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
      last edited by Jun 23, 2010, 4:10 PM

      The internal time may be correct, but it might be reported in the wrong time zone. Have you rebooted since changing the time zone? It may be necessary.

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        fluca1978
        last edited by Jun 23, 2010, 6:37 PM

        I confirm that after a reboot the time is aligned with the system date/time even in the filter log entries. Before the reboot, only the firewall log entries had a wrong time!

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          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by Jun 23, 2010, 6:38 PM

          I've seen that happen after a time zone change. It's because after a TZ change a process has to restart to pick up the new TZ, and you can't exactly stop and restart the firewall process easily. :)

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