Note 741734 - Incorrect times due to the time zone settings

Summary
Symptom
The current time is determined incorrectly in the SAP System.
The time difference is usually displayed in the spool or in the status dialog box (in the 'System' -> 'Status' menu).
Other terms
Time difference, time zones, time, UTC timer, DST, time zone settings, time zone setting, time zone Customizing
Reason and Prerequisites
These time differences very often occur after the time change or by the incorrect Customizing of the time zones.
Solution
Generally note that all systems should use the same time zone. That is, both the R/3 system and the operating system should use the same system time zone and the same daylight saving time rule.
In addition, note that the UTC timer ('Universal Time Coordinated UTC') must not be changed. The UTC timer counts the seconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, Greenwich Mean Time. With a correct setting, it contains the same value at the same time in all hosts, regardless of their location.

First check the settings using the analysis report from note 481835.
    1. Check the system time zone
           In the R/3 system, you can check this using transaction 'STZAC'.
           Check the settings in the operating system (you can use the values from the analysis report to help you here: the 'SY-TZONE' values includes the difference for UTC without taking into consideration the daylight saving time).
    2. Check the summer time settings
           In the R/3 system, you can check this using transaction 'STZBC'.
           The analysis report displays the 'SY-DAYST' value to show you whether the operating system currently considers a daylight saving time rule or not.
    3. Check the UTC timer
           For more information about this, see note 101726.
           To check the value of the UTC timer, copy the 'ZZUTCTIMER' analysis report from the correction instructions and execute it. The report should return the current UTC time/date as a result.
Header Data


Release Status:Released for Customer
Released on:28.01.2005  13:36:42
Master Language:German
Priority:Correction with medium priority
Category:Consulting
Primary Component:BC-SRV-TIM-TZ Time zones
Affected Releases
Software
Component
Release
From
Release
To
Release
And
subsequent
SAP_BASIS
46
46B
46D
 
SAP_BASIS
60
610
640
 
SAP_BASIS
70
700
700
 
SAP_BASIS
71
710
710
 
Corrections Instructions
Correction
Instruction
Valid
from
Valid
to
Software
Component
Last
Modifcation
46B
640
SAP_BASIS
11.01.2005  13:29:54
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1015628 - Documents with status 'Send time is not yet reached'
 
961410 - Add. info. on upgrading to SAP ECC 6.0 SR2 ABAP
 
946545 - Generic delta: Not all data extracted
 
926290 - SWNCCOLL: SAP workload NW collector collects no data
 
913971 - Add. info. on upgrading to SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 SR1
 
826092 - Add. info. on upgrading to SAP ERP Central Component 6.0
 
481835 - Analyzing the time zone settings
 
198411 - Current data and information about time zones
 
101726 - Incorrect times and time zone setting

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