system.localtime[local] returns different values

[morrtz]

Hi all,

First post, please let me know if I'm not in the right location.
I'm getting 2 different results when running system.localtime[local] -

root@~ # zabbix_get -s xxxxxxx1 -k "system.localtime[local]"
2019-05-02,05:56:45.974,-04:00
root@~ # zabbix_get -s xxxxxxx2 -k "system.localtime[local]"
2019-05-02,18:56:57.859,+09:00

When I run only system.localtime I get the same epoch time, so this issue must be related to the local function in some way so I ran the command - date on both servers, they are set for JST.
So I'm not really sure how the local function works or how it fetches the time exactly, I mean both the above times that returned are shown for similar timezone, but I want it to show the time relating to UTC as server #2 shown.

Thanks!

[morrtz]

bumping to get some help!

[Mike2K]

There's definitely some timezone config involved...have you tried running an ntpdate command just to make sure the time is correct ?

[morrtz]

Yes, the time in the server is correct.
Need to know how Zabbix basically checks local time using the local function

[LenR]

Maybe this will help https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-15624 and/or https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-15301

[morrtz]

Thanks for the articles, but these seem irrelevant because they relate to version 4.0 triggering these issues, we are still on 3.0.3 (sorry for not mentioning in the original post!)