[SOLVED] Zimbra.log has a different time zone than ubuntu mail server

[shoneo]

Hello,
I reinstalled complete ubuntu server 8.04.3 LTS and replaced new installation of zcs-5.0.18_GA_3011.UBUNTU8 (Open Source Edition) with old backup /opt/zimbra. I've done this whith rsync -avpK /opt/zimbra.
I have problem with zimbra logs (mail.log, zimbra.log, mailbox.log, etc). There is time difference of 6 hours between system logs and zimbra logs. My original time zone is CET (Central European Time).
#Example:
Tue Nov 24 12:11:02 CET 2009

And my zimbra.log time is:
#Example:
Nov 24 06:11:29 mail postfix/qmgr[7810]: B86BC403953: removed
Nov 24 06:11:52 mail postfix/smtpd[9316]: disconnect from mail-bw0-f228.google.com[209.85.218.228]
Nov 24 06:12:03 mail zmmailboxdmgr[20431]: status requested
Nov 24 06:12:03 mail zmmailboxdmgr[20431]: status OK
Nov 24 06:12:04 mail zimbramon[20290]: 20290:info: 2009-11-24 06:12:01, STATUS: mail.agroupm.com: antispam: Running
Nov 24 06:12:04 mail zimbramon[20290]: 20290:info: 2009-11-24 06:12:01, STATUS: mail.agroupm.com: antivirus: Running
Nov 24 06:12:04 mail zimbramon[20290]: 20290:info: 2009-11-24 06:12:01, STATUS: mail.agroupm.com: ldap: Running
Nov 24 06:12:04 mail zimbramon[20290]: 20290:info: 2009-11-24 06:12:01, STATUS: mail.agroupm.com: logger: Running
Nov 24 06:12:04 mail zimbramon[20290]: 20290:info: 2009-11-24 06:12:01, STATUS: mail.agroupm.com: mailbox: Running
Nov 24 06:12:04 mail zimbramon[20290]: 20290:info: 2009-11-24 06:12:01, STATUS: mail.agroupm.com: mta: Running
Nov 24 06:12:04 mail zimbramon[20290]: 20290:info: 2009-11-24 06:12:01, STATUS: mail.agroupm.com: snmp: Running
Nov 24 06:12:04 mail zimbramon[20290]: 20290:info: 2009-11-24 06:12:01, STATUS: mail.agroupm.com: spell: Running
Nov 24 06:12:04 mail zimbramon[20290]: 20290:info: 2009-11-24 06:12:01, STATUS: mail.agroupm.com: stats: Running

I've already checked in zimbraAdmin Class of service > Default > Preferences > Calendar options: Time zone (GMT+01.00) Belgrade / Bratislava / Budapest / Ljubljana / Prague

Do you have any solutions for my strange problem? Where can I look for time zone in Zimbra? Everything else is working very well.

Thanks in advance

[ArcaneMagus]

Moving this to the Administrators forum as this has nothing to do with Zimbra Desktop.

Are all logs in the system "6 hours off", eg /var/log/messages? Zimbra just uses the system logging facility...

[shoneo]

All logs in the system are "6 hours off".
#My /var/log/messages
Nov 25 02:42:38 mail amavis[5111]: (05111-01) ESMTP::10024 /opt/zimbra/data/amavisd/tmp/amavis-20091125T024238-05111:
#My current time on system:
Wed Nov 25 08:42:51 CET 2009

[shoneo]

I solved my "6 hours off" problem with system log /var/log/messages when I restarted /etc/init.d/sysklogd

I've tried to change zmprov mcf zimbraLogToSysLog TRUE (from default FALSE to TRUE) and zmloggerctl restart:
zmloggerctl restart
Stopping mysqld...done.
Starting mysqld...done.
Stopping logswatch...done.
Starting logswatch...done.
zimbra@mail:~$ zmcontrol status
Host mail.agroupm.com
antispam Running
antivirus Running
ldap Running
logger Running
mailbox Running
mta Running
snmp Running
spell Running
stats Running


but I've still have a "6 hours off" problem with my /opt/zimbra/log/mailbox.log or /opt/zimbra/log/audit.log

[shoneo]

Finally, problem is solved.

1.You need to reconfigure tzdata on Ubuntu server:
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

2. Than you need restart zimbra server:
zmcontrol stop
zmcontrol start

[ArcaneMagus]

Glad it was a simple fix, and thanks for posting it back here