Ubuntu 12.04 - Change rsyslog to use EDT|EST instead of UTC

Question

Right now, I have rsyslog handling a log for a PHP app. Well...I have PHP using rsyslog to do the logging. Currently, it logs time in UTC. I want it to log in EST/EDT as appropriate. How do I make that change?

For the record, the timezone is set correctly in PHP and on the OS. A point to note is that the OS is in a VM, although I don't know why that would make a difference as the host is also in EDT.

hostmaster · Answer 1 · 2012-08-24T15:44:23.007

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syslog inherit time zone from the system so you should add desired TZ value to syslog process environment.

echo 'export TZ="EDT"' >> /etc/default/rsyslog
restart rsyslog

edited Aug 24 '12 at 15:44

answered Aug 24 '12 at 15:21

hostmaster

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Tried that. Still logging in UTC. – Chad Aug 24 '12 at 15:38
are you sure I've just tried an it works – hostmaster Aug 24 '12 at 15:45
this is my output https://gist.github.com/3452240 – hostmaster Aug 24 '12 at 15:56
date() shows the correct time. syslog does not. In the log file its still printing time like this: [24-Aug-2012 15:35:56 UTC] – Chad Aug 24 '12 at 16:10
rsyslog actuialy doesn't print Time Zone in the log file. What is the name of the file you are talking about ? – hostmaster Aug 24 '12 at 19:51

Ubuntu 12.04 - Change rsyslog to use EDT|EST instead of UTC

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