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3 Replies Last post: Mar 31, 2009 11:43 AM by Lightbulb
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Time Zone Settings when using NTP?

Mar 31, 2009 8:37 AM

Click to view Shanew1's profile Novice Shanew1 14 posts since
Oct 13, 2008

I several NTP servers defined and was wondering how my time zones should be configured on my ESX servers. Should UTC be set to true or false in the "/etc/sysconfig/clock" file? Currently my time zone information is set to the following:

ZONE=America/New_York

UTC=True

ARC=False

Does it matter whether UTC is set to True or False considering that I am pulling time from an NTP server? When searching I have been getting some conflicting information.

Reply Re: Time Zone Settings when using NTP? Mar 31, 2009 11:31 AM
Click to view Lightbulb's profile Virtuoso Lightbulb 1,389 posts since
Aug 15, 2008
The following Vmware KB indicates the following settings (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1436)


ZONE="US/Pacific" (of course your TZ may vary)
UTC=false
ARC=false

No indication in the KB that it matters but it is how Vmaware indicates it should be set.

Reply Re: Time Zone Settings when using NTP? Mar 31, 2009 11:39 AM
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Click to view Shanew1's profile Novice Shanew1 14 posts since
Oct 13, 2008
Okay, so I should uncheck the default "System clock uses UTC" during the setup? I saw that KB article as well, but it did not state that is was for version 3.5.
Reply Re: Time Zone Settings when using NTP? Mar 31, 2009 11:43 AM
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Click to view Lightbulb's profile Virtuoso Lightbulb 1,389 posts since
Aug 15, 2008

hmm you right, sorry does not indicate 3.5


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