Re: [Nagios-devel] Displayed Timestamps on the web interface

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Re: [Nagios-devel] Displayed Timestamps on the web interface

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Sounds like the time isn't being written to or read from PostgreSQL
correctly. I no longer have a PostgreSQL server setup, so I can't
test this easily. Is anyone else able to test this?

On 5 Aug 2004 at 10:42, Fiederling, Daniel wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I've already posted this to the Users-List, but there where no
> answers. Perhaps you can help:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------ --- I have Nagios running for about 4 weeks and I really like
> it and there is the plan to substitue BigBrother with Nagios. But
> there is one problem with the web interface: the timestamps displayed
> are wrong (for example in extinfo.cgi). They are always +2h. The
> timestamp display in "Current Network Status" / Last Updated (the box
> in the upper left) is correct.
>
> I have found some questions about that issue in the list archive but
> no answers. The FAQ says nothing about timezones / wrong timestamps.
> Can anybody help me?
>
> My system is a SuSE 8.2 box with Nagios 1.2 (2004-02-02). My system
> time is local time (CEST), synchronized with xntp to our main time
> server. I use PostgreSQL for data storage. The timestamps in the
> database are displayed correct with psql - maybe psql adjusts the
> display to the current timezone, I don't know.
>
> I think, GMT is our local time - 2h, or in other words CEST is GMT+2
> (not sure about that!). I don't know if that's a hint to the problem.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------ ---
>
> In the meantime I tried to alter the function get_time_string() in
> cgiutils.c, without success. I think that timestamps read from the
> database are thought as being UTC but they are already CEST. The
> localtime()-call in cgiutils.c adds 2h and I get the wrong times on
> the web interface. Any tipps for me?
>
> Please help me!
> Daniel
>
>
>
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