Windows SNMP hrSystemDate – how to get the timezone

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I'm trying to debug some monitoring code that uses SNMP, and have come across an issue.

If I run snmpwalk -v 1 -c $COMMUNITY $SERVER hrSystemDate.0 on a Windows 2003/2008/2008R2 machine, I get an output like 

HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSystemDate.0 = STRING: 2012-2-16,16:30:21.1

But the same check on a Linux machine (debian) yields.

HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSystemDate.0 = STRING: 2012-2-16,16:31:23.0,+11:0

The Windows version lacks a timezone.

Is this a known/documented limitation on Microsoft's part? And/or is there another way to get the timezone out by itself?

Best Answer

It is not in SNMP in any way that I can see. However, if you have SMB access and have Samba installed on your management station, you can do:

net time zone -S $SERVER
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