Are you using virtualization? Andreas
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 13:20, Krystian Szczesny<[email protected]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Krystian Szczesny [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: 19 August 2009 11:07 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Application Time out of sync from server time >> >> Hi, >> >> I know this is not a very Axis2 specific question, but since the app > is >> based on Axis2 I thought I would start in here. >> We have an application, which for every call received by Axis2, calls >> our system. >> In the call it includes the current date, which is then treated by our >> system as effective date of the call. >> Although both: Axis2 app and our system are on the same server, the >> java >> app reports a different time than server time. >> Depending on the environment, we have from 4 seconds "behind" server >> time to 10 seconds "ahead" of server time. >> Problem is, that we truncate the time to the nearest minute, and for >> few >> seconds during a minute, we will have a different time in our system >> and >> in the call from the java app. >> >> Could you please tell me where I should start looking for the cause of >> this problem? >> Code in the java app is extremely simple: >> Request comes in->convert xml to map->get connection to our > system->get >> current time->call our system->convert returned map to xml->send >> response >> >> This is how we get current date: >> Date invokeDate = DateUtils.truncate(new Date(), Calendar.MINUTE); >> Where DateUtils is: >> org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils; >> and Date is: >> java.util.Date >> >> >> It's not like this date is only reported wrong when we make the call >> out. For logging we use SLF4J with Logback, and the timestamp of the >> log >> entries is same as the new Date() in the java app code and different >> from the server time. >> >> Could you please point me in some direction, where I should start >> digging for answers? >> App is deployed on HP-UX, we are using: >> >> $ java -version >> java version "1.5.0.07" >> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build >> 1.5.0.07-_20_mar_2007_05_31) >> Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0.07 jinteg:03.20.07-11:05 IA64, >> mixed mode) >> >> Axis2 1.4.1 >> >> All help will be appreciated, >> Thanks, >> Krystian > > Hi again, > > Just to follow up: > We have conducted an experiment: changed the server time by 10 seconds > into the future and the date in the java app was not affected. > This is something, as the changes might have been caused by NTP process. > Is there any way I could sync the date in the java app with the server? > I would have always though this is done automatically... > > Thanks, > Krystian > This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be legally > privileged and/or copyright material of Intec Telecom Systems PLC (or its > affiliated companies). If you are not an intended or authorised recipient > of this e-mail or have received it in error, please delete it immediately > and notify the sender by e-mail. In such a case, reading, reproducing, > printing or further dissemination of this e-mail or its contents is strictly > prohibited and may be unlawful. > Intec Telecom Systems PLC does not represent or warrant that an attachment > hereto is free from computer viruses or other defects. The opinions > expressed in this e-mail and any attachments may be those of the author and > are not necessarily those of Intec Telecom Systems PLC. >
