RND 3.0.45 - Time Zone Setting
Summary
Configuring time zone settings on Ruckus Network Director (RND)Question
How to Configure Time Zone on Ruckus Network DirectorCustomer Environment
CarrierRoot Cause
Ruckus Network Director 3.0.x time zone setting needs an additional CLI configuration change to properly reflect the time zone.Symptoms
While looking at the various Ruckus Network Director (RND) logs, the timestamps did not reflect the proper local time of the RND instance.
For example:
RND Time Zone is configured for Mountain Standard Time: UTC -7 as show below
However, when issuing the "date" command in RND shell, the time was set for Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
[root@RND_3042_Alpha ~]# date
Tue Sep 21 10:25:21 PDT 2021
[root@RND_3042_Alpha ~]#
Issuing the command "timedatectl" further confirms the time zone setting in the system isn't correct despite the setting in RND GUI.
[root@RND_3042_Alpha ~]# timedatectl
Local time: Tue 2021-09-21 10:31:32 PDT
Universal time: Tue 2021-09-21 17:31:32 UTC
RTC time: Tue 2021-09-21 17:31:33
Time zone: America/Los_Angeles (PDT, -0700)
NTP enabled: n/a
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: yes
Last DST change: DST began at
Sun 2021-03-14 01:59:59 PST
Sun 2021-03-14 03:00:00 PDT
Next DST change: DST ends (the clock jumps one hour backwards) at
Sun 2021-11-07 01:59:59 PDT
Sun 2021-11-07 01:00:00 PST
[root@RND_3042_Alpha ~]#
Resolution
Configure the time zone change pertinent to local time zone where the RND instance resides.For example:
The time zone for the following RND instance resides in Colorado; therefore, the time zone is configured for UTC -7
Once the proper time one setting is selected, click on UPDATE to save changes.
Next, SSH to the RND instance(s) and configure the time zone setting pertinent to where the RND resides
[root@RND_3042_Alpha ~]# timedatectl set-timezone America/Denver
[root@RND_3042_Alpha ~]# timedatectl
Local time: Tue 2021-09-21 11:37:02 MDT
Universal time: Tue 2021-09-21 17:37:02 UTC
RTC time: Tue 2021-09-21 17:37:03
Time zone: America/Denver (MDT, -0600)
NTP enabled: n/a
NTP synchronized: no
RTC in local TZ: no
DST active: yes
Last DST change: DST began at
Sun 2021-03-14 01:59:59 MST
Sun 2021-03-14 03:00:00 MDT
Next DST change: DST ends (the clock jumps one hour backwards) at
Sun 2021-11-07 01:59:59 MDT
Sun 2021-11-07 01:00:00 MST
[root@RND_3042_Alpha ~]#
If you are unsure of the time zone syntax, issue the command timedatectl list-timezones. Keep in mind that the list of time zones is quite extensive as there are 425 possible selections. Therefore, utilize the grep command with the country or city to narrow down the selection list. See below example.[root@ruckusnetworkdirector ~]# timedatectl list-timezones | wc -l
425
[root@ruckusnetworkdirector ~]#
[root@ruckusnetworkdirector ~]# timedatectl list-timezones | grep -i denver
America/Denver
[root@ruckusnetworkdirector ~]#
[root@RND_3042_Alpha ~]# timedatectl set-timezone America/Denver
Article Number:
000011912
Updated:
October 01, 2021 09:55 AM (about 3 years ago)
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