Bug ID 1014433: Time stamp format is not the same for all LTM logs

Last Modified: May 29, 2024

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP TMOS(all modules)

Fixed In:
15.1.4

Opened: Apr 27, 2021

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

After the device reboots, the LTM logs time stamp provided for "boot_marker" and "Shutdown cleanly" are of two different formats.

Impact

The time stamp format of some log entries may appear in ISO date format and thus not be consistent with other log entries when ISO date format is disabled.

Conditions

This may occur when ISO date format is disabled (tmsh modify sys syslog iso-date disable). The "boot_marker" log entries cannot be configured with regards to ISO date format, and so are always written in ISO date format to ensure ICSA compliance. When ISO date format is enabled (tmsh modify sys syslog iso-date enable), all log entries use ISO date format and thus match the "boot_marker" log entries.

Workaround

The time stamp format of "boot_marker" log entries is expected to always appear in ISO date format.

Fix Information

The boot marker log entry now uses a non-ISO time stamp format with this fix in place.

Behavior Change

The boot marker log entry now uses a consistent time stamp when ISO date format is disabled, but no longer complies with ISO date format when ISO date format is enabled, breaking ICSA compliance.

Guides & references

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