Re: [Summary-Talk] UTC time-offset

[Jason Linhart <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In log formats derived from NCSA log formats, time is recorded in local
time with the offset from UTC shown so that UTC can be recovered. So a
time stamp of [28/Jun/2006:12:27:59 -0400] would indicate almost 28
minutes after noon local time in a time zone that is four hours ahead of
UTC (eastern daylight time for example).

Summary records log entries in local time, ie it ignores the offset from
UTC. So the sample log entry above would be recorded in Summary as
happening between noon and 1 PM.

If your server is logging things differently, or you want to see your
reports as if they were in a different time zone, you can adjust
Summary's interpretation of the times that appear in the log files using
"Number of minutes to offset times in logs" on the Time configuration page.

Jason


Womack, John D Mr ANOSC/CTI wrote:
> Our logs have Time in the following format (which I believe is pretty
> standard).
> 
> [28/Jun/2006:12:27:59 -0400] But in looking at the reports they appear 
> to show the UTC times and are not adjusting for the UTC Time_offset.  Is 
> there a configuration checkbox I can use to enable the off-set for the 
> reports?

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