0.70.1 and 0.72 show wrong times in CGIs about thruk

[sni]

1. Is it displayed wrong only on one page or everywhere? Can you try a
   %> perl -e 'print scalar localtime()."\n"'
   does it print the correct time? Have you checked the "datetime_format*" settings?
2. Yes it should. I will fix this.

[fancy-rabbit]

everywhere.
[@zjm_20_201 Thruk]# perl -e 'print scalar localtime()."\n"'
Sun Oct 17 17:01:08 2010

datetime_format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
datetime_format_today = %H:%M:%S
datetime_format_long = %a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Z %Y
datetime_format_log = %B %d, %Y %H
datetime_format_trends = %a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y

[sni]

1. seems like these are the default values. Is the time correct when you issue the command?
2. its fixed in the latest git version.

[fancy-rabbit]

yes, issuing the print scalar localtime command in perl gives the correct time. but everywhere in Thruk it's 14 hours ago.

[sni]

Perl uses the TZ environment to determine the timezone, is it set somewhere?
%>TZ=EST perl -e 'print scalar localtime()."\n"'
Mon Oct 18 02:19:33 2010

Or could you set it for Thruk? For example in the ./script/thruk_fastcgi.pl. Depending on what script you use to start Thruk.
Just add a line at the top of the file after the #!.../perl
$ENV{'TZ'} = 'EST';

[fancy-rabbit]

I tried
%>TZ='Asia/Shanghai' perl -e 'print scalar localtime() . "\n"'
and it gives the correct time.
i then added a line $ENV{'TZ'} = 'Asia/Shanghai' to ./script/thruk_fastcgi.pl, after restarting httpd, nothing has been changed.

but I noticed one exception, in status.cgi, it's correct time at the upperleft corner(curr network status):
Last Updated: Mon Oct 18 16:04:27 CST 2010
Updated every 90 seconds
Thruk 0.72 - www.thruk.org

but in the table below and in extinfo.cgi, the times are 14 hours ago.

[sni]

Do you use the "use_timezone" in your nagios.cfg? Does Nagios display the correct time and which timezone does Nagios use? Is Nagios on the same box as Thruk?
When you take a look at the status.dat, are the times correct?
You can convert the timestamps with:
perl -le "print scalar localtime 123456789"

[fancy-rabbit]

I didn't use 'use_timezone' in nagios.cfg. Nagios CGIs display the correct time.
Nagios and Thruk are on the same box.
timestamps are correct in status.dat

[sni]

Ok, i found something. Could you try the latest git version? You can now set the timezone in your thruk_local.conf by adding:
use_timezone=Asia/Shanghai

[fancy-rabbit]

latest version works well without use_timezone=Asia/Shanghai in thruk_local.conf.
thanks very much for fixing this:)

[sni]

The "use_timezone" replaces the temporary workaround with adding the ENV{'TZ'} in your start script.
Thanks for reporting this issue.

[fancy-rabbit]

in 'Event Log' /'Notifications'/'Alerts' pages, the navigation default period is from 14:00 to 14:00 tomorrow, which is weird. I remembered of this 14 hours ago problem and wondering if they're related with each other.

changing use_timezone doesn't help.

[fancy-rabbit]

Hello sni,
I've found this problem is caused by Date::Manip for improperly translating Asia/Shanghai.
trying replacing Asia/Shanghai by Asia/Hong_Kong resolve this. I've submmited a bug report to the author of Date::Manip.
==UPDATE==
oh no, it is fixed when perl version>=5.10, but I've 5.8.8......