Re again GW, [email protected] (G.W. Haywood) wrote:
> Time often seems to be a problem on virtual servers. :(
Yup. Why can't they just set their hardware to UTC and leave :(
> > My feeling here is that the data point is using UTC, but is being compared
> > to the local time (meaning PST here).
> >
> > Is there a way around that? Should that be considered a bug?
>
> The RRD files store time as seconds since the 'epoch'. They have no
> knowledge of timezones. Somehow you're attempting to update a file or
> files with a data point or points which are older than the youngest in
> the existing file(s). That's never going to work with RRD.
Ah - *now* I get it. It's not the *last* data point it complains about,
it is *any* dp in the file that might be off.
> Did you change the timezone after creating the RRD files and starting
> to use them?
Spot on. ;)
> That might not be the best way of approaching it. :)
I guess so. Timezone business always confuses me.
Thanks for your help in keeping my logfiles green; I'll go and drop all
the rrd files now, so this can start again clean...
Yours,
Elmi.
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