Werk #18479: Use fractions of seconds for VSphere System Time Offset

Component

Checks & agents

Title

Use fractions of seconds for VSphere System Time Offset

Date

Dec 4, 2025

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.5.0b1 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.4.0p18 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Werk 17197 accidentially rounded a timestamp to whole seconds. This lead to much higher values for the VSphere System Time Ofsset check.

Also the two function calls for taking the local time and asking VSphere for the current time was moved closer to each other.