Can't set proper time in ESX 5

[sg1212]

When I set my BIOS time to the correct time the "date" command on ESX gives me the proper time but the vSphere Client Configuration -> Time Configuration shows the time 4 hours behind.  If I fix the time in Time Configuration the server's BIOS/hardware clock/date command time goes ahead 4 hours.  How do I fix this discrepancy.  I use to be able to turn off UTC in ESX 4.

[athlon_crazy]

I use below command to set both hardware and system time manually to -> 9:17AM 10/10/2012:

#esxcli hardware clock set -d 10 -H 09 -m 17 -M 10 -s 00 -y 2012

#esxcli system time set -d 10 -H 09 -m 17 -M 10 -s 00 -y 2012

Cmd options:
  -d|--day=<long>       Day
  -H|--hour=<long>      Hour
  -m|--min=<long>       Minute
  -M|--month=<long>     Month
  -s|--sec=<long>       Second
  -y|--year=<long>      Year

[sg1212]

Thanks, but that just lets me set the time which I can do in the BIOS or vSphere client too.  It doesn't fix or account for the 4 hour difference I get no matter what I do.  Correct vSphere Client time makes my BIOS time in the future.  Correct BIOS time puts my vSphere client time 4 hours in the past.

[athlon_crazy]

Ah yes ESXi 5 by default use UTC time and change the timezones is not supported.

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1436

[sg1212]

So I can never have accurate time then?  I can only have accurate time in my BIOS OR the vSphere client then, not both?  That link doesn't do anything for me because its about setting UTC=false in sysconfig which doesn't exist in ESXi 5.

[atariguy]

I'm having the same problem. The times I see in the vcenter client for esxi 5.1 are 6 hours behind, yet on the configuration tab for each host, the time setting is correct, and it assures me it will show me the proper time (yeah, right).

The interesting thing is that my one standalone host does show the correct time when I connect with the client.

And when I installed Veeam One, it threw a fit about a time difference that I couldn't find, which I assume is related, and I ended up having to make a registry setting that told it to ignore the difference.

[jrmunday]

See this thread;

http://communities.vmware.com/message/1995322

[atariguy]

Thanks, but that thread doesn't help.

"The vSphere Client uses the time zone settings of the system on which it is installed to 'adjust' the displayed time."

Only problem is, it doesn't "adjust" the displayed time for me. Does it do that for you?

[atariguy]

This is what it looks like on my PC.

[escapem2]

thanks a lot it helped a lot