Should I use UTC or local time?

Ultimately, this depends on whether you want your servers to be updated for daylight saving time or not when support for this has added to CMM.

 

For example, if your servers are in a data center and need to maintain a standard time throughout the whole year, then you may want to use UTC – this will ensure that your schedules are not updated for daylight saving time.

However, if you are using a schedule to turn office servers on and off at the start and end of the working day, local time would be preferential because it means you do not have to worry abut updating your schedules when daylight saving time starts or ends - the schedules will automatically update to match the time they will be needed.

For more information on creating schedules, visit our knowledgebase guide.