[HOWTO] Configure a timezone on your OPNsense firewall.

[doktornotor]

According to this /r thread, the subject is not sufficiently covered by documentation, so I thought I'd prepare this carefully crafted howto:

Configure a timezone on your OPNsense firewall:

1/ Go to System - Settings - General.
2/ From the Time zone dropdown, select one that's closely matching your location.
3/ Click Save.

Hints: Setting up a NTP server (even a local one on your LAN) and syncing the time with that server will NOT set a proper timezone for you. NTP does not recognize time zones, it manages all time information based on UTC.


Reference:
- https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/settingsmenu.html#general
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time

Hope this helps and clears some doubts.