'start time' is often "Some time in the future"

[seanm]

The 'start time' column at https://cdash.example.com/index.php?project=MyProject often shows "Some time in the future".

After about 4 hours, "Some time in the future" shows as now. Toronto (my timezone) is currently UTC-4. So I suspect a local vs UTC confusion somewhere.

• From the shell in the OS, the time and timezone are correct.
• php.ini has the right timezone (America/Toronto).
• in the CDash/public directory I created a php file with just phpinfo(); and viewed it from the browser. It shows correct timezone.
• postgres SHOW timezone; gives America/Nassau for some reason. It's not Toronto, but at least the same UTC offset. I'll fix that, but I doubt it's the issue.
• the bots submitting to cdash have the correct time and timezone.

What could I check next?

[josephsnyder]

@seanm, I would define the APP_TIMEZONE variable in your .env file for CDash. It is what CDash bases its comparisons off of and does default to UTC if undefined.