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glasnt
Asked: 2012-02-16 21:37:36 +0800 CST

Windows SNMP hrSystemDate - how to get the timezone?

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I'm trying to debug some monitoring code that uses SNMP, and have come across an issue.

If I run snmpwalk -v 1 -c $COMMUNITY $SERVER hrSystemDate.0 on a Windows 2003/2008/2008R2 machine, I get an output like 

HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSystemDate.0 = STRING: 2012-2-16,16:30:21.1

But the same check on a Linux machine (debian) yields.

HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSystemDate.0 = STRING: 2012-2-16,16:31:23.0,+11:0

The Windows version lacks a timezone.

Is this a known/documented limitation on Microsoft's part? And/or is there another way to get the timezone out by itself?

windows snmp

2 Answers

  1. It is not in SNMP in any way that I can see. However, if you have SMB access and have Samba installed on your management station, you can do:

    net time zone -S $SERVER
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  2. Best Answer

    I've worked out his one.

    Instead of using SNMP walks, I can use a internal script (part of nagios/nsclient) to run:

    w32tm /monitor /computer:mytimeserver.com

    That gives an offset value that takes into consideration a change in timezones (offset is within reasonable bounds when changing from +10 to +11, but breaks if the hour changes +1)

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