{"description": "Ensure that the system real-time clock (RTC) is set to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).", "rationale": "If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common\ntime reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis.\n\nTime stamps generated by the operating system include date and time.\nTime is commonly expressed in UTC, a modern continuation of GMT, or\nlocal time with an offset from UTC.", "severity": "high", "references": {"srg": ["SRG-OS-000359-GPOS-00146"], "stigid": ["UBTU-22-252020"], "stigref": ["SV-260521r958788_rule"]}, "control_references": {"stigid": ["UBTU-22-252020"]}, "components": [], "identifiers": {}, "ocil_clause": "the system real-time clock is not configured to use UTC as its time base", "ocil": "To verify that the system real-time clock is set to UTC or GMT, run the following command:\n\n<pre># timedatectl status | grep -i \"time zone\"</pre>\n<pre># Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000)</pre>\n\nIf \"Timezone\" is not set to UTC, this is a finding.\nFix Text: Configure the SUSE operating system is configured to use UTC.\nTo configure the system time zone to use UTC or GMT, run the following command, replacing [ZONE] with \"UTC\" or \"GMT\".\n<pre># sudo timedatectl set-timezone [ZONE]</pre>", "oval_external_content": null, "fixtext": "", "checktext": "", "vuldiscussion": "", "srg_requirement": "", "warnings": [], "conflicts": [], "requires": [], "policy_specific_content": {}, "platform": null, "platforms": [], "sce_metadata": {}, "inherited_platforms": ["system_with_kernel"], "cpe_platform_names": [], "inherited_cpe_platform_names": ["system_with_kernel"], "bash_conditional": null, "fixes": {}, "title": "Ensure real-time clock is set to UTC", "definition_location": "/aptdata/openscap/scap-security-guide/linux_os/guide/system/logging/ensure_rtc_utc_configuration/rule.yml", "template": null}