[Orca-users] Problem with timestamp

[Blair Zajac]

No, the rrd files store the data at the timestamp you recorded it,  
it's just when you use the data for plots, it interpolates the data  
onto integer multiples of the interval used for the rrd file.

Regards,
Blair

On Dec 26, 2006, at 2:17 PM, cybernet_ -- wrote:

> So it's impossible to store data at the specified timestamp when using
> 24hours interval ?
> data will always be stored at midnight GMT ?
>
> thanks
>
>
>> From: Blair Zajac <blair at orcaware.com>
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>> On Dec 26, 2006, at 7:26 AM, cybernet_ -- wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> i'm using orca with interval 86400 (24 hours) because the data  
>>> that  i am
>>> using is created once a day.
>>>
>>> But Orca doesn't seem to store the data at the right timestamp.
>>>
>>> in my datafile there are 3 entry :
>>>
>>> timestamp data
>>> 1166757240 20.00
>>> 1166843640 20.00
>>> 1166930093 20.00
>>>
>>> (timestamps are dec 21, 22 and 23 at 22h14 EST)
>>>
>>> but on the graph and when using rrdtool fetch the timestamps are   
>>> not ok
>>>
>>> 1166832000:  2.0000000000e+01
>>> 1166918400:  2.0000000000e+01
>>>
>>> timestamps are dec 22 and 23 at 19h00 EST
>>>
>>> can anyone help me out, thanks
>>
>> All intervals are based off of midnight GMT time, not local time.
>>
>> $ TZ=GMT irb
>> irb(main):001:0> Time.at(1166832000)
>> => Sat Dec 23 00:00:00 GMT 2006
>>
>> So that's why they don't appear at midnight EST.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Blair
>>
>>
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