How to force the timezone of Bamboo Server
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Summary
Change the timezone used by Bamboo Server to one different to the system timezone, or force it to a certain timezone if for some reason it's not matching.
Solution
Firstly, if you just want to make Bamboo use the same timezone as the system timezone, it should by default. A few things to double check:
Did you configure the timezone correctly for your Operating System? For example, Ubuntu:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdatDid you restart Bamboo after changing the timezone?
You can also use a JVM argument in <bamboo-install>/bin/setenv.sh to force the timezone (See Configuring your System Properties for instructions on setting this for other Operating Systems):
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JVM_SUPPORT_RECOMMENDED_ARGS="-Duser.timezone=Australia/Sydney"The list of configurable timezones can be found here:
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