Server Time Zone configuration
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@eddiejennings said in Server Time Zone configuration:
....or the time zone where the server is physically located (makes the least sense to me)?
This seems to be the most common thing that I see people using, too.
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It doesn't matter what time zone the DC is set to, so long as the time is correct.
Each Windows client PC is responsible for it's own time zone setting.
Our DCs are on-prem, and using Pacific time, while domain clients can be anywhere in the world and use their own time zone setting.
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@obsolesce said in Server Time Zone configuration:
It doesn't matter what time zone the DC is set to, so long as the time is correct.
Each Windows client PC is responsible for it's own time zone setting.
Our DCs are on-prem, and using Pacific time, while domain clients can be anywhere in the world and use their own time zone setting.
Assuming you have a DC. Even if you have stand alone boxes though, UTC works great.
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The other point was that if you have, a web server for example, serving websites to the whole world, just use UTC... or the time zone of where it's physically located if that makes management easier for you. Time zones don't ever matter... only having the correct time for the time zone it is set for.
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@obsolesce said in Server Time Zone configuration:
The other point was that if you have, a web server for example, serving websites to the whole world, just use UTC... or the time zone of where it's physically located if that makes management easier for you. Time zones don't ever matter... only having the correct time for the time zone it is set for.
And the correct time for the person that has to interpret them. That's why I like UTC, it avoids confusion by using a standard that everyone knows and understands. Use basically anything else and you have teams trying to figure out offsets, time of year, etc.
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There's an RDS farm at work where the time zone is set to where the server is physically, so depending on which server you happen to hit, the time displayed is different. Doesn't make any sense to me.
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What does BIOS time use local time or UTC?
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@black3dynamite said in Server Time Zone configuration:
What does BIOS time use local time or UTC?
Whatever you set it to?
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@dashrender said in Server Time Zone configuration:
@black3dynamite said in Server Time Zone configuration:
What does BIOS time use local time or UTC?
Whatever you set it to?
BIOS: local time or UTC
OS: UTCOr is only an issue if you are dual booting?
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@black3dynamite said in Server Time Zone configuration:
@dashrender said in Server Time Zone configuration:
@black3dynamite said in Server Time Zone configuration:
What does BIOS time use local time or UTC?
Whatever you set it to?
BIOS: local time or UTC
OS: UTCOr is only an issue if you are dual booting?
In general I don't care about the BIOS/UEFI time because I sync my devices from a time server. that just means I need to set my devices to the correct timezone, then the time will come over as desired.
