Setting the Server Time Zone

The license server can either use its default time zone or Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) for determining a feature’s expiry date, start date, and issue date. Your producer can configure the time zone using the licensing.defaultTimeZone setting in the producer-settings.xml file. Valid values:

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UTC— If UTC is set, a feature’s start date is the start of the specified day in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Equally, a feature will expire at the end of the day of the configured expiry date in UTC time. This is the default value.

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SERVER—If SERVER is set, a feature’s start date is the start of the specified day in the server’s default time zone. Equally, a feature will expire at the end of the day of the configured expiry date in the server's default time zone.

Changes to the time zone setting affect features as they are being provisioned onto the server. It does not affect features that are already on the server.

If you need to change your license server’s time zone setting, contact the software producer.

For a description of license server policies, see Reference: License Server Policy Settings.