disable daylight saving time in firmware after 7.2.0

[Lars33]

Hi,

is there any way to disable the time zone automatic daylight saving time, or alternatively set a fixed timezone (e.g. UTC+1)?

My requirement is to have fixed local time all year round (without daylight saving), in detail I'd like to set UTC+1.

Thank you for any help.

Best regards,

Lars

[AEK]

Hi Lars

This post should help.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/Support-Forum/FortiOS-7-2-7-missing-option-to-disable-daylight-sav...

[Lars33]

Hi,

thanks for the reply.

well yes, this other post addresses the same problem. One answer from a staff in this was, that the feature was removed. 

Therefore my question: if the 'set dst disable' feature was removed, is there a possibility to set the timezone manually to not have daylight saving?
E.g. in POSIX style there is the workaround with Etc/GMT-1 to get always UTC+1 (without any local time daylight saving).

Thanks.

[jerrygen]

Hi Lars,

 

After firmware version 7.2.0, many systems handle time zones and DST automatically, which can be tricky if you need a fixed offset like UTC+1 without daylight saving changes. Unfortunately, most firmware interfaces don’t offer a direct toggle to fully disable DST.

One workaround is to manually set the timezone to a region that uses UTC+1 but doesn't observe DST (like parts of Africa, e.g., Africa/Algiers). This will maintain a constant UTC+1 offset throughout the year. Be sure to check your system's time zone list to see which non-DST regions are available.

Regards

[Lars33]

Hi,

thanks for the fast reply.

The timezone UTC+1 in West Central Africa would be the only one without daylight saving for that specific case. This is a workaround, but a dirty one.

Thank you.

Regards.