Time on workstations is off from the server by an exact hour increment.

(Last modified: 07Jan2002)

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fact

Novell NetWare 4.2

Novell NetWare 4.11

Novell NetWare for Small Business 4.2

Novell Client 3.02 for Windows 95/98

Workstation time is being synchronized to the server by the Novell Client.

Time Zone on Workstation is set to correct time zone.

symptom

Time on workstations is off from the server by an exact hour increment.

Time shown on workstations is exactly 10 hours off from the server time.

change

Upgraded from Novell NetWare 3.12 to Novell NetWare for Small Business 4.2.

cause

Offset from Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) a.k.a. Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on the server is set incorrectly.

fix

Change the offset via SERMAN.NLM on the server. Got to Server Parameters | Time | Time Zone. The time zone will show a string such as MST7MDT. The string has the format of XXX#YYY (for example MST7MDT) , where XXX is a meaningful representation of the local time zone (ie. MST = Mountain Standard Time), # is the offset or the number of hours that the local time differs from UTC (ie. 7 indicates that the local time is 7 hours different from UTC) , and YYY is a meaningful representation of the local daylight savings time (ie. MDT = Mountain Daylight Time). The XXX and YYY components of the string used for the time zone code are purely for the user's convenience (see TID 2908587 for a more complete explanation of the Time zone codes and offsets).

It is important to realize that the time sync code makes the adjustment by negating the number provided in the offset (offset = offset * -1) . For Mountain Standard Time, MST7MDT implies a -7 hours difference from UTC. For Australian Eastern Standard, AES-10 implies a +10 hour difference from UTC. Keep this in mind when viewing the following information. If the offset indicates +11 hours, this means that you want to adjust time to be 11 hours ahead of UTC. Therefore you must negate the value to end up with a positive adjustment. (Subtracting a negative is adding). Also realize that the time sync code currently cannot adjust for 1/2 hour increments.

The following is a list of areas, some common codes and their offsets.

Description Offset Codes

Australian Central Daylight +10:30 CSuT, ACDT, CDT
Australian Central Standard +9:30 ACST, CAST, CST
Australian Eastern Daylight +11 AEDT, ESuT
Australian Eastern Standard +10 AES, AEST, EAST, EST
Australian South Daylight +10:30 SADT
Australian South Standard +9:30 SAST
Australian Western Daylight +9 AWDT, WADT, WDT
Australian Western Standard +8 AWST, WAST, WST
Austria +1 WUT
Azores (obsolete) +2 AT
Baghdad +3 BT
Belgium, Mid-European +1 MET, MEWT
Bering Summer (1967-1983) 11 BST
Bering (until 1967) 11 BT
Brazil 3 BRA, BST
Brazil Summer 4 Horario_De_Verao
British Summer +1 BST
Canada, Atlantic Daylight 3 ADT, ASTU
Canada, Atlantic Standard 4 AST, ADT
Canada, Central Daylight 5 CDT
Canada, Central Standard 6 CST
Canada, Eastern Daylight 4 EDT
Canada, Eastern Standard 5 EST
Canada, Mountain Daylight 6 MDT
Canada, Mountain Standard 7 MST
Canada, Newfoundland Daylight 2:30 NDT
Canada, Newfoundland Standard 3:30 NST, NFT
Canada, Pacific Daylight 7 PDT
Canada, Pacific Standard 8 PST
Canada, Yukon Daylight 8 YDT
Canada, Yukon Standard 9 YST
Central Alaskan Standard (until 1967) 10 CAT
China Coast (obsolete) +8 CCT
China Daylight +9 CDT
China Standard +8 CST
Dansk Normal +1 DNT
Dansk Summer +2 DST
Europaeische, Mittel Sommerzeit +2 MESZ
Europaeische, Mittel Zeit +1 MEZ
European, Central +1 CET
European, Central Daylight +2 CETDST
European, Central Summer +2 CEST
European, Eastern +2 EET
European, Eastern Summer +3 EEST, EETDST
European, Middle Daylight +2 MEDST, MEST
European, Middle +1 MET, MEWT
European - Prague, Vienna +1 SET
European, Western Summer +1 WEST, WETDST
European, Western 0 WET
Fernando de Noronha Daylight 1 FDT
Fernando de Noronha Standard 2 FST
French Summer +2 FST
French Winter +1 FWT
Greenland, Standard (obsolete) 3 GST
Greenland, Eastern Daylight 1 WTZ
Greenland, Eastern Standard 2 VTZ
Greenland, Western Standard 3 UTZ
Greenland, Western Daylight 2 VTZ
Greenwich 0 GMT
Guam Standard +10 GST
Hawaiian Daylight (until 1947) 9:30 HDT
Heure Fancais d'Ete +2 HFE
Heure Fancais d'Hiver +1 HFH
Hong Kong +8 HKT
Indian Standard +5:30 IST
International Date line, East +12 IDLE
International Date line, West 12 IDLW
Iran Daylight +4:30 IDT
Iran Standard +3:30 IST
Iran +3:30 IT
Israeli Daylight +3 IDT
Israeli Standard +2 IST
Italy +1 ITA
Japanese Standard +9 JST
Java +7:30 JT
Korean Daylight +10 KDT
Korean Standard +9 KST
Malaysia +8 MAL
Melbourne, Australia +10 LIGT
Mexico 6 MEX
Moluccas (obsolete) +8:30 MT
Moscow Summer +3 MSD
Moscow W inter +2 MSK
New Zealand Daylight +13 NZDT
New Zealand Standard +12 NZT, NZST
Newfoundland Daylight 2:30 NDT
Newfoundland Standard 3:30 NST
Nome (until 1967) 11 NT
North Sumatran (obsolete) +8:30 NST
Norway +1 NOR, EMT
Samoa Standard 11 SST
Singapore Standard +8 SST
South Sumatran (obsolete) +7 SST
Spain +1 HOE
Swedish Summer +2 SST
Swedish +1 SWT
Thailand Standard +7 THA
Turkish Standard +3 TST, MAT
Universal 0 UT
Universal Time Coordinate 0 UTC
West Africa (obsolete) +1 WAT
United States, Alaska-Hawaii 9 AHDT
     Daylight (1967 to 1983)
United States, Alaska-Hawaii 10 AHST
     Standard (1967 to 1983)
United States, Alaska Daylight 8 AKDT
United States, Alaska Standard 9 AKST
United States, Atlantic Daylight 3 ADT
United States, Atlantic Standard 4 AST
United States, Central Daylight 5 CDT
United States, Central Standard 6 CST
United States, Eastern Daylight 4 EDT
United States, Eastern Standard 5 EST
United States, Hawaiian Standard 10 HST, HAST (10:20 until 1947)
United States, Hawaiian Daylight 9 HADT
United States, Mountain Daylight 6 MDT
United States, Mountain Standard 7 MST
United States, Pacific Daylight 7 PDT
United States, Pacific Standard 8 PST
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document

Document Title:	Time on workstations is off from the server by an exact hour increment.
Document ID:	10020548
Solution ID:	1.0.36041751.2372129
Creation Date:	29Oct1999
Modified Date:	07Jan2002
Novell Product Class:	Groupware NetWare

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