[syslog-ng] UTC in C_ macros?

[Attila Szakacs (aszakacs)]

Hi Matus,

C_ macros should handle time-zones (at least on a fresh version). I will check it on 3.8 soon.

Regards,
Attila
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Hello,

I have tried to RTFS but no success.
are C_ dates in UTC or should they be?

On 31.01.20 13:34, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>I have syslog-ng OSE 3.8 on debian 9 server (soon to be upgraded).
>
>when I receive syslog lines using the syslog protocol, I found out that C_*
>macros seem to contain date in UTC format (one hour than our current zone).
>
>I have tried to use following template:
>
>"${C_DATE} ${R_DATE} HOST ${HOST} FULLHOST ${FULLHOST} HOST_FROM ${HOST_FROM} FULLHOST_FROM ${FULLHOST_FROM} ${MESSAGE}\n"
>
>with following result:
>
>Jan 31 10:42:06 Jan 31 11:42:07 HOST fantomas FULLHOST fantomas HOST_FROM 195.80.174.185 FULLHOST_FROM 195.80.174.185 Configuration reload request received, reloading configuration;
>
>
>Is there any reason why C_DATE should be in different time zone than R_DATE?
>timezones are not configured on either of servers, both servers are in CET
>(DST+1)


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