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Q258237: All Logs in ISA Server Use GMT (UTC) Times

Article: Q258237
Product(s): Microsoft Windows NT
Version(s): 
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv
Last Modified: 04-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000 
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SUMMARY
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The date and time reported in ISA logs may appear to be off by several hours
even though the system time, date, and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) offset are
correctly configured.

MORE INFORMATION
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All logs generated by an ISA server list the date and time in GMT, not local
time. This is different from Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)
versions 1.0 through 3.0, which log in local time. Also, note that the date
format (YYYY-MM-DD) is universal and is not affected by regional settings
(unlike IIS), which makes parsing for non-United States logs easier. This also
means that daily log rollovers happen at midnight GMT, which could be late
afternoon for most U.S. locations.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbenv 
Technology        : kbAudDeveloper kbISAS2000 kbISAServSearch
Version           : :
Issue type        : kbinfo

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