IP Office DST setting
IP Office DST setting
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jamie77 (Programmer)
(OP)
I'll admit to never looking at this at all becuase it always 'just worked', but we have noticed that the preprogrammed dates all come to an end this year, for evrybody in the world!!
After speaking with Avaya, it seems theses dates are pulled from a file in the manager folder called timezoneinfo.xml. This file includes dates for all times zones upto 2025, but the there are too manay entries in each list emaning the IPO only loads upto 2023.
This file hasn't been updated by Avaya ever, so with a brand new IP500 installation, your DST will end this year.
I'm waiting on Avaya to tell me if they are going to update the file with a future release of Manager so we can update all our customers easily. Lets see if they do or not!
Bw warned. All your IP500 customers will run of DST dates this year, unless you have set them yourself.
After speaking with Avaya, it seems theses dates are pulled from a file in the manager folder called timezoneinfo.xml. This file includes dates for all times zones upto 2025, but the there are too manay entries in each list emaning the IPO only loads upto 2023.
This file hasn't been updated by Avaya ever, so with a brand new IP500 installation, your DST will end this year.
I'm waiting on Avaya to tell me if they are going to update the file with a future release of Manager so we can update all our customers easily. Lets see if they do or not!
Bw warned. All your IP500 customers will run of DST dates this year, unless you have set them yourself.
Jamie Green
Avaya Registered Specialist Engineer
RE: IP Office DST setting
if you change the timezone to any other but yours and then change it back it will load the dates until 2025
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
If you give more information you will get better answers. If you only give bits and pieces then you will get the same back and maybe not fitting your problem.
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There is no reason why you need to have a specific entry for each year, because as we are now seeing, regardless of how many DST entries you add they will at some point expire.
Avaya should have been updating the timezoneinfo.xml file with each release of software, how hard would that be??? Or better yet, implement Nortel's way of DST changes. They bought the company and the tech, why aren't they using it???
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I found a post of yours from a few years back, and tried this, but it doesn't work. The file has upto 2025 in it, but has too many entries fro the IPO to load in, so we onlt get upto 2023.
Either way, they will expire soon.
What does work, is adjust the .xml file with new dates, then using manager to go in to update. You don't even need to select another time zone, just re-select your own from the list and will pull the file in from your local PC. As long as someone doesn't do the same with an out of date file!! lolz
It's like you've read the email I sent them yesterday!!
Jamie Green
Avaya Registered Specialist Engineer
RE: IP Office DST setting
If Avaya would just do the right thing for once and completely re-write how they handle DST that would be a big help.
RE: IP Office DST setting
RE: IP Office DST setting
You can then run the script then import the configuration.csv dates updated for next 5 years.
Will upload it tomorrow
RE: IP Office DST setting
Use at own risk.
open config with manager.
export config to Configuration.csv
run script on Configuration.csv
import Configuration.csv
save config
RE: IP Office DST setting
that gets blown away if you ever touch the time zone settings again.
@Jamie77
how did you manage to adjust the xml file?
I took only 3 dates out for 2014, 2015 and 2016 and it complains that it is corrupt
I took the bold and underlined part for the years in question out and get nothing but error messages as soon as I open a config.
<TimeZone><Name>(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)</Name>
<Locale>frc</Locale> <UTCOffset>18000</UTCOffset>
<Entry><DSTOffset>01:00:00</DSTOffset>
<DSTPair>3/12/2017 2:00:00 AM - 11/5/2017 2:00:00 AM</DSTPair>
</Entry>
<Entry><DSTOffset>01:00:00</DSTOffset>
<DSTPair>3/11/2018 2:00:00 AM - 11/4/2018 2:00:00 AM</DSTPair>
</Entry>
<Entry><DSTOffset>01:00:00</DSTOffset>
<DSTPair>3/10/2019 2:00:00 AM - 11/3/2019 2:00:00 AM</DSTPair>
</Entry>
<Entry><DSTOffset>01:00:00</DSTOffset>
<DSTPair>3/8/2020 2:00:00 AM - 11/1/2020 2:00:00 AM</DSTPair>
</Entry>
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
If you give more information you will get better answers. If you only give bits and pieces then you will get the same back and maybe not fitting your problem.
RE: IP Office DST setting
<DSTEntries>
in front of the bold entry but putting it back still brings me the error message
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
If you give more information you will get better answers. If you only give bits and pieces then you will get the same back and maybe not fitting your problem.
RE: IP Office DST setting
timezoneinfo.xml doesn't live on the SD card (that I can find), it seems to only be in Manager. Could experiment with keeping the same number of entries for the time zone, but modifying them to delete the old ones and add new ones in the same format.
Or, on a per system basis, in Manager, delete the older entries and add new entries until you fill up the available entries.
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I just actually did leave the number of entries the same like you suggested and just moved them around but IPO sorted it by date anyways.
So I changed all the dates and went up to 2033 in the hopes I am still alive by then (just made my motorcycle license) and it worked
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
If you give more information you will get better answers. If you only give bits and pieces then you will get the same back and maybe not fitting your problem.
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I might do more over the weekend depending if I feel like it.
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
If you give more information you will get better answers. If you only give bits and pieces then you will get the same back and maybe not fitting your problem.
RE: IP Office DST setting
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
If you give more information you will get better answers. If you only give bits and pieces then you will get the same back and maybe not fitting your problem.
RE: IP Office DST setting
The following time zones are not updated as they are all over the place and I just don't want to google all these dates for single entries in the list for stuff I will never use.
Azores
Beirut
Buenos Aires
Cape Verde
Greenland (I seem to remember they stay permanently on DST anyways now)
Jerusalem
Tehran
If you need to update them feel free to do it and then upload it here for others to enjoy
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
If you give more information you will get better answers. If you only give bits and pieces then you will get the same back and maybe not fitting your problem.
RE: IP Office DST setting
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I use the one for North America only because I may have buggered up my other one.
Try using the first one I posted.
then when you open a config and click on the time zone dropdown it should start with 2022
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
https://www.millsidetc.com/
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It should have all US and Canadian locale in that.
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
https://www.millsidetc.com/
RE: IP Office DST setting
RE: IP Office DST setting
RE: IP Office DST setting
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
https://www.millsidetc.com/
RE: IP Office DST setting
To apply to an IPO500:
- Upload this file to \SYSTEM\PRIMARY\WebMgmtEE\TEST\XML\ on the IPO500 SD Card (backup and replace the existing TimeZoneInfo.xml file already there)
- Reboot the IPO500
- Close and re-open Manager and log into the IPO500 after the reboot
- The updated time zone data should now display under System > Time Zone, if it doesn't, select another random time zone and then back to your one, it should then update.
To apply to your local Manager to work on offline configs:- Close Manager if it is open
- Copy this file to C:\Program Files (x86)\Avaya\IP Office Admin Suite\Manager\ (backup and replace the existing TimeZoneInfo.xml file already there)
- Reopen Manager and open a config
- The updated time zone data should now display under System > Time Zone, if it doesn't, select another random time zone and then back to your one, it should update.
Thank you Westi for doing the hard work for usCheers,
BFG9K
Avaya IPO/ACCS Technician
Melbourne, Australia
RE: IP Office DST setting
I did the initial work in a hurry and completely forgot to get back and fix it.
If you see pink it is from another star not a forest fire in the distance.
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
RE: IP Office DST setting
RE: IP Office DST setting
The same with their certificates and the fact that they did not keep that up to date either.
Probably the same person, HAHAHA
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
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- Brazil: Stopped DST in 2019.
- Eygpt: Started DST in 2023.
- Morocco: Switched to permanent DST (UTC+1) in 2018.
- Russia: Stopped DST in 2014.
- Turkey: Switched to permanent DST (UTC+3) in 2016
Today is busy but if time allows Monday I'll try to post a corrected version for those odd locales....and then there's those pesky Americans, who've half-passed a law to stop DST, but only half! Strange people.
Stuck in a never ending cycle of file copying.
RE: IP Office DST setting
Changes:
- Made the file a bit more human readable (though sadly Manager doesn't like comments in the file).
- Removed 2022 - it's happened.
- Fixed the missing 2026 DSTOffset value for the nlb,frb,dan,fra,esp locales.
- Removed all the DST settings for unsupported locales (would anyone ever see them?).
- Removed the DST settings for Brazil and Mexico. They stopped DST in 2019 and 2022 respectively.
- Added DST for Egypt (they started this year).
- Moved Turkey and Morocco forward an hour. They have effectively switched to permanent DST since 2016 and 2018 respectively.
File link below:RE: IP Office DST setting
pink for you.
Joe
FHandw, ACSS, ACIS
https://www.millsidetc.com/
RE: IP Office DST setting
RE: IP Office DST setting
Stuck in a never ending cycle of file copying.