GMT setting on server? 1

[evergrean100]

I am using TimeFormat to get times of various things I am doing with Cold Fusion pages on a Windows 2000 web server using IIS.

I noticed after our upgrade to CF7 the TimeFormat always shows 5 hours ahead of the actual time so I assume it is setup with GMT.
For example: <cfoutput>#timeformat(Now(), 'hh:mm tt')#</cfoutput> will show the current time plus 5 hours.

Is this a setting on the Server that the admin needs to change??? If so please advise what I need to tell our admin??

 

[ecobb]

Now() should show whatever time the Windows Server is set to, have you checked to make sure it's right?


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[evergrean100]

Windows Server Time shows current time but Cold Fusion seems to add 5 hours to what the actual Windows Server time is in New York City. So if the Server time shows 8:00 AM, the Cold Fusion will show 1:00 PM.

Please advise as I currently have to do this to get current time:
#timeformat(DateAdd('h',-5,Now()),'hh:mm tt')#

 

[DavidKWhite]

Have you located the problem/fix? We have just hit this exact problem.

 

[evergrean100]

It was corrected by the Admins and I think they recycled Cold Fusion services. If you need more info I can ask them if they did something else to fix the issue.

 

[DavidKWhite]

If you would please. We have recycled ColdFusion, and cold booted the server. Server time is correct UTC-5, but ColdFusion shows UTC.

 

[BradWW]

Hello,

Same problem here. CF 7.0.2, JVM 1.4.2_11, Apache 2.2.4 and Vista on my development machine. Computer has PDT, but CF gets GMT (UTC). Argh! If anyone solves this, I'd sure appreciate knowing the answer!

Brad

 

[BradWW]

Hello,

Here's the solution I found. In ColdFusion Administrator->Java and JVM->JVM Arguments add the following:

-Duser.timezone=America/Los_Angeles

Then restart CF. Of course, modify this for your zone.

Brad