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Werk #16269: Adapt date formatting in most of the service outputs

Component Checks & agents
Title Adapt date formatting in most of the service outputs
Date Dec 2, 2023
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.3.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

According to one of our surveys, most of our users prefer dates to be displayed in the format YYYY-MM-DD. This Werk changes the library function that many check plugins use when rendering their service summary.

As a result, the service output of many plugins will now format the date in the new format. For instance the next Interantional Talk Like a Pirate Day will no longer be rendered as "Sep 19 2024", but as "2024-09-19".

The following plugins are affected:

  • Checkmk Agent: Deployment properties
  • Checkmk: Performance and Settings
  • Job Monitoring
  • Kaspersky Anti-Virus: Updates (KESL)
  • Kubernetes: Pod Containers
  • Microsoft Azure Resource Health
  • Microsoft Azure Virtual Network Gateways: Connections
  • MS SQL Tablespaces: Successful Backups
  • Nutanix Prism: Alerts
  • Nutanix Prism: Hosts
  • Oracle Database: Number of Active Sessions
  • SAP HANA: Backup
  • Virtual Machine under ESX: Snapshot Settings

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