The SUSE operating system must be configured to use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) or Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-234850	SLES-15-010410	SV-234850r622137_rule		Low

Description
If time stamps are not consistently applied and there is no common time reference, it is difficult to perform forensic analysis. Time stamps generated by the SUSE operating system include date and time. Time is commonly expressed in UTC, a modern continuation of GMT, or local time with an offset from UTC.

STIG	Date
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2021-11-30

Details

Check Text ( C-38038r618819_chk )
Verify the SUSE operating system is configured to use UTC or GMT. Check that the SUSE operating system is configured to use UTC or GMT with the following command: > timedatectl status | grep -i "time zone" Time zone: UTC (UTC, +0000) If "Time zone" is not set to "UTC" or "GMT", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38001r618820_fix)
Configure the SUSE operating system is configured to use UTC or GMT. To configure the system time zone to use UTC or GMT, run the following command, replacing [ZONE] with "UTC" or "GMT". > sudo timedatectl set-timezone [ZONE]