Hi,
we schedule downtimes in Icinga by the REST Api. It works very fine but one problem occurs and we are not sure if it is on client- or server side.
As required we set the start- and end-Time in JSON with the UNIX-Timestamp format.
If we set the downtime before the summer-/wintertime change occurs and the downtime should start in future (after the regular timechange) the Icinga calculates the downtimestart with time change shifts.
For instance:
- downtime should scheduled at 22-03-31 08:00 AM Europe/Berlin
- I set the downtime by REST API at 22-03-24 08:00 AM Europe/Berlin (before the summertime change for our time zone occurs)
- the summertime change for our timezone (Berlin) occurs at 22-03-27 02:00 AM
- In Icinga you will se the downtime start scheduled at 22-03-31 09:00 AM Europe/Berlin
The API has implicit converted the time for new summer time
Our question: Is this as expected? Hypothetical: as a client (the tool which posts the JSON to ICINGA), I could not know in which timezone the Icinga server resides. So If I say, I want to set the downtime at … regardless, if a timeshift occurs or not.
Of course I could change the client logic to notice the time change time shift when generating the JSON.
Many Thanks
Peter