2017092 - ZDATE_ILLEGAL_LOCTIME or ZDATE_LARGE_TIME_DIFF in VMWare environments.

Symptom

Short dumps ZDATE_ILLEGAL_LOCTIME or ZDATE_LARGE_TIME_DIFF happen in Sap System.

Also errors might be observed in developer traces similar to the following:

*** ERROR => 24.09.2013 21:58:04.800 PID=4216, TID=3312#SapTimer
error. SapTime differs from Windows time. ERRORS: 0,
SapTime-WindowsUtcTime=-10814 seconds.

*** ERROR => 13.06.2013 01:42:18.693 PID=2840, TID=3920#SapTimer error.
Time may be incorrect on your system. Windows time jumped approx +1788
seconds. Slept 1014 millisec

This KBA is not intended for problems when converting summer time <-> winter time

Environment

SAP system is running in Windows OS on VMware vSphere virtual environment.

Keywords

VMWare vSphere ESX virtualization virtual machine ZDATE_ILLEGAL_LOCTIME ZDATE_LARGE_TIME_DIFF NTP w32time sync time synchronization Timekeeping , KBA , BC-OP-NT-ESX , Windows on VMware ESX , BC-ABA-LA , Syntax, Compiler, Runtime , BC-OP-NT , Windows , Problem

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