Well, when I read the wiki doc now, it says that you need to add this to the JAVA_ARGS list. You said you added it to JENKINS_ARGS. That's the issue, I think - this is an argument to Java that you want to add. When you pass it to Jenkins, it just gets ignored.
On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:51:00 PM UTC-7, harperville wrote: > > Hey, Owen. > > Okay...I can not edit the /etc/default/jenkins file as recommended in the > Jenkins Wiki and have to edit the init.d/jenkins file directly. > > I inserted the timezone info in the same place you have it so now my > running process looks like yours: > > /usr/bin/java > -Dorg.apache.commons.jelly.tags.fmt.timeZone=America/New_York -jar > /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war > --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 > > And now my page generated timestamp looks like this: > > Page generated: Aug 14, 2013 3:48:21 PM > > That did it! Thank you! > > I think it's worth updating the wiki with this information because doing > it as stated in the wiki doesn't work. > > -Pete > > On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:43 PM, Owen B. Mehegan > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Note that I pass the timezone option BEFORE the -jar jenkins.war... > > On Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:17:00 PM UTC-7, harperville wrote: >> >> Thanks for the response. Didn't get much help on this one. >> >> Yes, I'm seeing the same arguments on my Java process but all of my jobs >> are logged UTC still. >> >> /usr/bin/java -jar /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war >> --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 >> -Dorg.apache.commons.jelly.tags.fmt.timeZone=America/New_York >> >> The page was generated fresh, although, again, in UTC: >> >> Page generated: Aug 14, 2013 7:14:48 PM >> >> $ date >> Wed Aug 14 15:15:23 EDT 2013 >> >> -Pete >> >> On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:08 PM, Owen B. Mehegan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> This has been working for me for a long time: >> >> java -Dorg.apache.commons.jelly.tags.fmt.timeZone=America/Los_Angeles >> -jar jenkins.war >> >> Looks like you tried that though. After making the change, double check >> the "Page generated" timestamp at the bottom of any Jenkins page and see >> what that shows. >> >> On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:19:16 PM UTC-7, harperville wrote: >>> >>> I've been trying to change the timezone that Jenkins is using following >>> these instructions (I'm on Debian): >>> >>> https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Change+time+zone >>> >>> I added the following to my /etc/default/jenkins file: >>> >>> JENKINS_ARGS="--webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=$HTTP_PORT >>> --ajp13Port=$AJP_PORT >>> -Dorg.apache.commons.jelly.tags.fmt.timeZone=America/New_York" >>> >>> I also tried the following (with and without single quotes around the >>> timezone based on advice I found whilst searching): >>> >>> JENKINS_ARGS="--webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=$HTTP_PORT >>> --ajp13Port=$AJP_PORT -Duser.timeZone='America/New_York'" >>> >>> Whatever I put in /etc/default/jenkins is reflected in the daemon so I >>> know the file is being sourced properly: >>> >>> /usr/bin/daemon --name=jenkins --inherit >>> --env=JENKINS_HOME=/var/lib/jenkins --output=/var/log/jenkins/jenkins.log >>> --pidfile=/var/run/jenkins/jenkins.pid -- /usr/bin/java -jar >>> /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war >>> --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 -Duser.timeZone=America/New_York >>> >>> /usr/bin/java -jar /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war >>> --webroot=/var/cache/jenkins/war --httpPort=8080 --ajp13Port=-1 >>> -Duser.timeZone=America/New_York >>> >>> The date on my server is correct: >>> >>> $ date >>> Tue Aug 13 15:56:51 EDT 2013 >>> >>> But all of the jobs are shown as running in UTC time. >>> >>> The user.timezone value displayed on systemInfo screen after making the >>> change and restarting is: >>> >>> user.timezone Etc/UTC >>> >>> When I run any jobs, the time is still showing in UTC. Any suggestions? >>> >>> Thanks. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Jenkins Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Jenkins Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
