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Yoann
Joined: 02 May 2008
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 Posted: Fri 02 May '08 18:47 Post subject: Apache logs in UTC/GMT |
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I'm running Apache 2.0.63 on Windows 2000 SP4 set to the Eastern Time Zone with DST updates. I'm trying to get Apache's logs in UTC/GMT so I can sync them up with other UTC logs I have.
I've tried setting the TZ environment variable to both "UTC" and "GMT" for the whole system as well as for the user Apache runs under, but nothing takes. It always logs the current local time. The response headers are in UTC, but I can't get the logs to use that time. From what I read, using "SetEnv TZ UTC" in the httpd.conf file would only affect CGI scripts, which I don't want using UTC time.
Any ideas?
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Fri 02 May '08 19:55 Post subject: |
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You can change that
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[day/month/year:hour:minute:second zone]
day = 2*digit
month = 3*letter
year = 4*digit
hour = 2*digit
minute = 2*digit
second = 2*digit
zone = (`+' | `-') 4*digit
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for more details see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/logs.html
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Yoann
Joined: 02 May 2008
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That portion of the manual explains how the default date/time is formatted, which includes how the system time zone will be displayed. Using a LogFormat directive with strftime formatting also just formats the local time; it doesn't convert it to UTC.
I took a look at the Apache Windows source, and the logging portions appear to convert the request's UTC time to a local time using the time zone info from the system's Registry. Based on that info, it would seem impossible to have the log times in UTC without changing the system over to UTC as well.
Any other ideas?
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James Blond
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| Posted: Mon 05 May '08 10:06 Post subject: |
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I've searched a lot this weekend in the internet and took a look that the apache code.
Your only chance is to change the system (OS) time to UTC. |
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