Article: Q194699
Product(s): Internet Information Server
Version(s): 4.0,5.0
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Last Modified: 09-JUN-2002
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Internet Information Server version 4.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.0
- Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.1
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SYMPTOMS
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Internet Information Server (IIS) administrators cannot change the time format
for the extended log file format to use a time zone other than Greenwich Mean
Time (GMT).
CAUSE
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The extended log file format is defined in the W3C Working Draft WD-
logfile-960323 specification by Phillip M. Hallam-Baker and Brian Behlendorf.
This document defines the Date and Time files to always be in GMT:
Date
<date> = 4<digit> "-" 2<digit> "-" 2<digit> Dates are
recorded in the format YYYY-MM-DD where YYYY, MM and DD stand for the numeric
year, month and day respectively. All dates are specified in GMT. This format
is chosen to assist collation using sort.
Time
<time> = 2<digit> ":" 2<digit> [":" 2<digit> ["."
*<digit>]
Times are recorded in the form HH:MM, HH:MM:SS or HH:MM:SS.S where HH is the
hour in 24 hour format, MM is minutes, and SS is seconds. All times are
specified in GMT.
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
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For more information on the extended log file format, see the W3C Working Draft
WD-logfile-960323 specification at the following URL:
http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-logfile
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
Q193612 : Log Files Rolled Over According to GMT, Not Local Time Zone
Additional query words:
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Keywords :
Technology : kbiisSearch kbiis400
Version : :4.0,5.0
Issue type : kbprb
Solution Type : kbpending
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