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Re: [tor-bugs] #23677 [Core Tor/Tor]: Tor should log what it thinks the time is sometime(s)
#23677: Tor should log what it thinks the time is sometime(s)
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Reporter: pastly | Owner: (none)
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: Medium | Milestone: Tor: 0.3.3.x-final
Component: Core Tor/Tor | Version:
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Actual Points:
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Description changed by pastly:
Old description:
> Many issues come from incorrect time/date/timezone settings. And not all
> the time does Tor log about how it believes the user's clock is wrong but
> X hours and Y minutes.
>
> For many linux/macos users we can ask them to tell us the output of `date
> -u` as a huge troubleshooting help. But not everyone is capable of that.
> A maybe shouldn't be expected to be.
>
> Two ideas:
>
> 1. Log what Tor thinks the UTC time, local time, and configured timezone
> are at startup once
>
> 2. Log periodically (say, every HeartbeatPeriod) what Tor thinks[... all
> the above ...]
>
> Bonus idea:
>
> Can we put the timezone in the log line's time stamp? Would that be
> enough? Is that dangerous for users? Do we make promises about parse-
> ability that we'd be breaking?
New description:
Many issues come from incorrect time/date/timezone settings. And not all
the time does Tor log about how it believes the user's clock is wrong by X
hours and Y minutes.
For many linux/macos users we can ask them to tell us the output of `date
-u` as a huge troubleshooting help. But not everyone is capable of that. A
maybe shouldn't be expected to be.
Two ideas:
1. Log what Tor thinks the UTC time, local time, and configured timezone
are at startup once
2. Log periodically (say, every HeartbeatPeriod) what Tor thinks [... all
the above ...]
Bonus idea:
Can we put the timezone in the log line's timestamp? Would that be enough?
Is that dangerous for users? Do we make promises about parse-ability that
we'd be breaking?
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