My Ubuntu server is EST, but all times in Jira are UTC.
2 Answers
You need to add a JVM parameter:
-Duser.timezone=EST
Add this to the JAVA_OPTS variable in setenv.sh (or setenv.bat if you're on Windows) in the bin subdirectory of your installation and restart JIRA.
answered Mar 27, 2011 at 0:29
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Fabulous, thanks. I played with the setting further and used -Duser.timezone=America/New_York to get Jira to pick up EDT properly.– ed209Mar 27, 2011 at 23:14
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1To elaborate on setting JVM parameters on startup: confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/… Jun 21, 2011 at 7:01
It's a good practice too keep all the systems on UTC, database and servers.
The only place where people should use the local timezone is the last step, the client.
Otherwise sooner or later you will reach the point where you get the datatime altered, especially when migrating data.
