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300-410 Practice Question: An engineer is troubleshooting a router that is…
An engineer is troubleshooting a router that is generating syslog messages with incorrect timestamps. The router has 'service timestamps log datetime msec' configured, but the timestamps show the wrong time zone. The router's clock is set correctly via NTP. What is the most likely cause?
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The 'clock timezone' command is not configured on the router.
The 'service timestamps log datetime msec' command uses the router's local time, but if the time zone is not configured, the timestamps will appear in UTC (the default). To show the correct local time, the 'clock timezone' command must be configured to set the appropriate offset.
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The 'clock timezone' command is not configured on the router.
Why this is correct
Correct because without a timezone configuration, the router uses UTC, so timestamps will be offset from the local time even if NTP is synced.
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The NTP server is not providing timezone information.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect because NTP provides UTC time; timezone must be configured locally.
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The 'service timestamps log' command should use 'localtime' instead of 'datetime'.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect because 'datetime' includes the date and time; 'localtime' is not a valid keyword.
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The syslog server is overwriting the timestamps with its own.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect because the issue is observed on the router's own logs, not on the server.
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