Incorrect deadlines

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AnandBhat Send message Joined: 20 Mar 22 Posts: 10 Credit: 26,831,614 RAC: 36,374	Message 8161 - Posted: 29 Mar 2022, 11:32:04 UTC
A bit of a strange one here. I noticed that the deadlines in my tasks list here (online) do not match what is shown in BOINC. Consequently, tasks sometimes expire earlier than intended in my client (as BOINC kills unstarted tasks that are past the deadline). Any ideas if this is something specific to my client? I'm running BOINC 7.16.20 (latest version at this time) on Windows 10. Here's what the task details in the project website show. Note the date is 2022-03-31 15:00:47 UTC This is what shows up in my BOINC client. Note the date is 31/03/2022 2:00:57 PM However, I'm in Australia (AEST) and this conversion is incorrect. The correct date should've been 2022-04-01 02:00:57 AM as seen in this conversion (done in the browser console). Other projects do not exhibit this issue. For instance, here's a task from Rosetta@home. Project website: BOINC client: Confirmation of correct conversion:
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rebirther Volunteer moderator Project administrator Project developer Project tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 2 Jan 13 Posts: 7255 Credit: 42,729,227 RAC: 2	Message 8162 - Posted: 29 Mar 2022, 14:43:37 UTC - in response to Message 8161. Last modified: 29 Mar 2022, 15:53:33 UTC
Should be correct, +11h of your time. The WU / server is using the local time. The BOINC Client should view your time, Iam still looking for a solution... Update: Can you pls check your client_state.xml file at the top and looking for timezone? Normally the BOINC client should use your computer time.
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AnandBhat Send message Joined: 20 Mar 22 Posts: 10 Credit: 26,831,614 RAC: 36,374	Message 8165 - Posted: 29 Mar 2022, 23:10:30 UTC - in response to Message 8162.
rebirther wrote: Can you pls check your client_state.xml file at the top and looking for timezone? My client_state.xml has this: <client_state> <host_info> <timezone>39600</timezone> The BOINC event log also records this: 11-Mar-2022 21:09:33 [---] Local time is UTC +11 hours For the task in the earlier screenshot, here are the values in client_state.xml: <result> <name>S672_250-300k_wu_71922_1</name> <final_cpu_time>0.000000</final_cpu_time> <final_elapsed_time>0.000000</final_elapsed_time> <exit_status>0</exit_status> <state>2</state> <platform>windows_x86_64</platform> <version_num>22</version_num> <wu_name>S672_250-300k_wu_71922</wu_name> <report_deadline>1648695657.000000</report_deadline> <received_time>1648436566.439909</received_time> <file_ref> <file_name>S672_250-300k_wu_71922_1_0</file_name> <open_name>lresults.txt</open_name> <copy_file/> </file_ref> </result>
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A bit of a strange one here. I noticed that the deadlines in my tasks list here (online) do not match what is shown in BOINC. Consequently, tasks sometimes expire earlier than intended in my client (as BOINC kills unstarted tasks that are past the deadline).

Any ideas if this is something specific to my client? I'm running BOINC 7.16.20 (latest version at this time) on Windows 10.

Here's what the task details in the project website show. Note the date is 2022-03-31 15:00:47 UTC

This is what shows up in my BOINC client. Note the date is 31/03/2022 2:00:57 PM

However, I'm in Australia (AEST) and this conversion is incorrect. The correct date should've been 2022-04-01 02:00:57 AM as seen in this conversion (done in the browser console).

Other projects do not exhibit this issue. For instance, here's a task from Rosetta@home.
Project website:

BOINC client:

Confirmation of correct conversion:

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Should be correct, +11h of your time. The WU / server is using the local time.

The BOINC Client should view your time, Iam still looking for a solution...

Update:
Can you pls check your client_state.xml file at the top and looking for timezone?
Normally the BOINC client should use your computer time.

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rebirther wrote:

Can you pls check your client_state.xml file at the top and looking for timezone?

My client_state.xml has this:

<client_state> <host_info> <timezone>39600</timezone>

The BOINC event log also records this:

11-Mar-2022 21:09:33 [---] Local time is UTC +11 hours

For the task in the earlier screenshot, here are the values in client_state.xml:

<result> <name>S672_250-300k_wu_71922_1</name> <final_cpu_time>0.000000</final_cpu_time> <final_elapsed_time>0.000000</final_elapsed_time> <exit_status>0</exit_status> <state>2</state> <platform>windows_x86_64</platform> <version_num>22</version_num> <wu_name>S672_250-300k_wu_71922</wu_name> <report_deadline>1648695657.000000</report_deadline> <received_time>1648436566.439909</received_time> <file_ref> <file_name>S672_250-300k_wu_71922_1_0</file_name> <open_name>lresults.txt</open_name> <copy_file/> </file_ref> </result>

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