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Asked: 2026-05-23T03:40:31+00:00

This is more of a question than a problem as our production system is

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This is more of a question than a problem as our production system is working as intended.

I am relatively new to the SQL environment. I’ve been poking through various configurations on the server just to get myself familiarized with the system. One thing that I noticed is the mail queues seem to use the UTC time instead of the local time. For example, if I run 

exec sysmail_help_queue_sp

The last empty_rowset_time column shows a time that is exactly 12 hours behind the value getdate() returns (I am in New Zealand) and happens to coincide with the value of getutcdate(). I was more than a little surprised to say the least. The server is configured with the correct time zone (Auckland/Wellington).

I have made sure that the value(s) in the last_empty_rowset_time is indeed updated every time I sp_send_dbmail.

Does anyone know why this is the case? I am just curious to know. I do apologize for my newbiness if this sounds obvious to some of you.

Thanks.

James

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  1. Editorial Team

    This isn’t something that is affected by local configuration. Based on documentation here:

    http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187400.aspx

    Microsoft explicitly states “military time format and GMT time zone”. If you want to see it in your local time zone you’ll have to modify your query as such.

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