The time logged in TM1Server.log is one hour behind

[Sandhya Kumar]

Hi,

In one of the 9.4 FP2 servers, I see the time logged in tm1server.log file is one hour behind the local time. For example, when the local time is 3:30 AM, the log shows 2:30 AM. In tm1s-log.properties, i have specified the time as LOCAL.

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# Specify GMT or Local timezone
log4j.appender.S1.TimeZone=Local

I'm not sure why there is a lag still. How can i make both the server time and the log time insync?

Thanks for your help!

The last updated time shows 3:30 AM here

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Inside the log, it shows 2:30 AM

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[Martin Ryan]

Hi Sandhya,

The log files are recorded in GMT (or UTC depending on your lingo), whereas the server time will be, well, the server time.

TM1 does this for replication purposes. If User A in New York makes a change to a cell at a certain time, and User B in New Delhi makes a change at another time, in order for replication to be certain that it picks up the latest number it must use the same time zone for both users.

It's one of the few highlights of working in London in the winter- at least the log files give you the right time!

Cheers,
Martin

[Sandhya Kumar]

Thanks Martin,

I've specified the time-zone as LOCAL in my tm1s-log.properties file. I was assuming by LOCAL, it means the server time so the time logged in the tm1server.log should reflect the current time of the server. Please correct me if I'm wrong

[Sandhya Kumar]

Got it!!

When we set to LOCAL time-zone, TM1 actually writes the server's local time into the logs. I was viewing that data directory(shared) from a machine whose time is one hour ahead of that server's time. That just occured to me. Silly

Thanks!