Well, thanks, Owen, for the clarification. I did overlook that. I edited /etc/default/jenkins and changes the JAVA_ARGS and everything is as it should be.
Best, Pete On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:58 PM, "Owen B. Mehegan" <o...@nerdnetworks.org> wrote: > Well, when I read the wiki doc now, it says that you need to add this to the > JAVA_ARGS list. You said you added it to JENKINS_ARGS. That's the issue, I > think - this is an argument to Java that you want to add. When you pass it to > Jenkins, it just gets ignored. > > On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:51:00 PM UTC-7, harperville wrote: > Hey, Owen. > > Okay...I can not edit the /etc/default/jenkins file as recommended in the > Jenkins Wiki and have to edit the init.d/jenkins file directly. > > I inserted the timezone info in the same place you have it so now my running > process looks like yours: > > /usr/bin/java -Dorg.apache.commons.jelly.tags.fmt.timeZone=America/New_York > -jar /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war > --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 > > And now my page generated timestamp looks like this: > > Page generated: Aug 14, 2013 3:48:21 PM > > That did it! Thank you! > > I think it's worth updating the wiki with this information because doing it > as stated in the wiki doesn't work. > > -Pete > > On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Owen B. Mehegan <ow...@nerdnetworks.org> wrote: > >> Note that I pass the timezone option BEFORE the -jar jenkins.war... >> >> On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:17:00 PM UTC-7, harperville wrote: >> Thanks for the response. Didn't get much help on this one. >> >> Yes, I'm seeing the same arguments on my Java process but all of my jobs are >> logged UTC still. >> >> /usr/bin/java -jar /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war >> --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 >> -Dorg.apache.commons.jelly.tags.fmt.timeZone=America/New_York >> >> The page was generated fresh, although, again, in UTC: >> >> Page generated: Aug 14, 2013 7:14:48 PM >> >> $ date >> Wed Aug 14 15:15:23 EDT 2013 >> >> -Pete >> >> On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Owen B. Mehegan <ow...@nerdnetworks.org> wrote: >> >>> This has been working for me for a long time: >>> >>> java -Dorg.apache.commons.jelly.tags.fmt.timeZone=America/Los_Angeles -jar >>> jenkins.war >>> >>> Looks like you tried that though. After making the change, double check the >>> "Page generated" timestamp at the bottom of any Jenkins page and see what >>> that shows. >>> >>> On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:19:16 PM UTC-7, harperville wrote: >>> I've been trying to change the timezone that Jenkins is using following >>> these instructions (I'm on Debian): >>> >>> https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Change+time+zone >>> >>> I added the following to my /etc/default/jenkins file: >>> >>> JENKINS_ARGS="--webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=$HTTP_PORT >>> --ajp13Port=$AJP_PORT >>> -Dorg.apache.commons.jelly.tags.fmt.timeZone=America/New_York" >>> >>> I also tried the following (with and without single quotes around the >>> timezone based on advice I found whilst searching): >>> >>> JENKINS_ARGS="--webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=$HTTP_PORT >>> --ajp13Port=$AJP_PORT -Duser.timeZone='America/New_York'" >>> >>> Whatever I put in /etc/default/jenkins is reflected in the daemon so I know >>> the file is being sourced properly: >>> >>> /usr/bin/daemon --name=jenkins --inherit >>> --env=JENKINS_HOME=/var/lib/jenkins --output=/var/log/jenkins/jenkins.log >>> --pidfile=/var/run/jenkins/jenkins.pid -- /usr/bin/java -jar >>> /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war >>> --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 -Duser.timeZone=America/New_York >>> >>> /usr/bin/java -jar /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war >>> --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 >>> -Duser.timeZone=America/New_York >>> >>> The date on my server is correct: >>> >>> $ date >>> Tue Aug 13 15:56:51 EDT 2013 >>> >>> But all of the jobs are shown as running in UTC time. >>> >>> The user.timezone value displayed on systemInfo screen after making the >>> change and restarting is: >>> >>> user.timezone Etc/UTC >>> >>> When I run any jobs, the time is still showing in UTC. 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