All Logs in ISA Server Use GMT (UTC) Times (258237)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2000
This article was previously published under Q258237

SUMMARY

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

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.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/26/2002
Keywords:kbenv kbinfo KB258237
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