From c6b95a8f65f6b39053a5239b34e57a52e2b27a2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Vines Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 09:25:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Request a uniform timezone --- book/src/testnet-participation.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/book/src/testnet-participation.md b/book/src/testnet-participation.md index 03514e6b36..4d83cb1ea3 100644 --- a/book/src/testnet-participation.md +++ b/book/src/testnet-participation.md @@ -244,6 +244,18 @@ A local InfluxDB and Grafana instance is now running on your machine. Define Metrics should now be streaming and visible from your local Grafana dashboard. +#### Timezone For Log Messages +Log messages emitted by your validator include a timestamp. When sharing logs +with others to help triage issues, that timestamp can cause confusion as it does +not contain timezone information. + +To make it easier to compare logs between different sources we request that +everybody use Pacific Time on their validator nodes. In Linux this can be +accomplished by running: +```bash +$ sudo ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles /etc/localtime +``` + #### Publishing Validator Info You can publish your validator information to the chain to be publicly visible