Hi,

As pointed by you the AIX server is 1 hour behind Linux server in GMT. I am confused as to how the server is showing wrong GMT.

AIX

<dr-new><root>/# date
Tue Mar 18 10:58:34 IST 2014
<dr-new><root>/# date -u
Tue Mar 18 04:28:37 GMT 2014


LINUX
root ~ # date
Tue Mar 18 10:55:37 IST 2014
root ~ # date -u
Tue Mar 18 05:25:39 UTC 2014


I have made the required changes in the environment file (replaed TZ=IST-5:30IST with TZ=IST-5:30);asked for downtime to reboot the server this week end. I thank you very much for helping me to resolve the issue. Once it's done I will update.

Hi cliffordw,

Sorry for the delayed response; after removing the trailing IST, I have rebooted the server and gave ntpdate. Now the time runs behind(trailing) the clock by an hour. Also the xntpd daemon dies in 5 minutes. Can you please throw some light on this. Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Could you please run the following on the AIX server again, and post the output:

Thanks

Hi,

PFB results,

<dr-new><root>/# echo $TZ
IST-5:30IST
<dr-new><root>/# date -u
Tue Apr 1 04:55:51 GMT 2014
<dr-new><root>/# TZ=IST-5:30 date
Tue Apr 1 10:26:43 IST 2014
<dr-new><root>/# TZ=Asia/Kolkata date
Tue Apr 1 10:27:03 IST 2014

Hi,

The $TZ value is still wrong. It should be IST-5:30 only, not IST-5:30IST.

Regards,

Clifford

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Hi again,

You said earlier:

I assume you mean the /etc/environment file. If so, it is possible that $TZ is also sent elsewhere (possibly /etc/profile or /.profile). I'd suggest you look there too. Before you reboot again, you can verify that it is set correctly after making the config changes by simply logging out & back in, and then running "echo $TZ".

I hope this helps :-)

Note: IST-5:30IST suggest you have daylight saving in effect. use TZ=IST-5:30 or TZ=IST-5:30IST-5:30 (if you want to be verbose)