Update cron to use US/Pacific as timezone

Signed-off-by: Brandon Myers <bmyers@mozilla.com>
2016-10-13 14:08:01 -05:00 · 2016-10-13 14:08:01 -05:00 · 79c5cf96ed
--- a/cron/amoAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/amoAlerts.py
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/auditDAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/auditDAlerts.py
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/auditDFileAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/auditDFileAlerts.py
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/broAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/broAlerts.py
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def initLogger():
        sh.setFormatter(formatter)
        logger.addHandler(sh)

-def toUTC(suspectedDate,localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate,localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc=pytz.UTC
    objDate=None
@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    #change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)
    #msg queue settings
    options.mqserver=getConfig('mqserver','localhost',options.configfile)               #message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue=getConfig('alertqueue','mozdef.alert',options.configfile)        #alert queue topic
--- a/cron/bruteForcers.py
+++ b/cron/bruteForcers.py
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/cloudTrailAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/cloudTrailAlerts.py
@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ def initLogger():
        sh.setFormatter(formatter)
        logger.addHandler(sh)

-def toUTC(suspectedDate,localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate,localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc=pytz.UTC
    objDate=None
@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    #change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)
    #msg queue settings
    options.mqserver=getConfig('mqserver','localhost',options.configfile)               #message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue=getConfig('alertqueue','mozdef.alert',options.configfile)        #alert queue topic
--- a/cron/cloudtrail2mozdef.py
+++ b/cron/cloudtrail2mozdef.py
@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ def initConfig():
    options.output=getConfig('output','stdout',options.configfile)                      #output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.sysloghostname=getConfig('sysloghostname','localhost',options.configfile)   #syslog hostname
    options.syslogport=getConfig('syslogport',514,options.configfile)                   #syslog port
-    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)
    options.aws_access_key_id=getConfig('aws_access_key_id','',options.configfile)          #aws credentials to use to connect to cloudtrail
    options.aws_secret_access_key=getConfig('aws_secret_access_key','',options.configfile)
    options.esservers=list(getConfig('esservers','http://localhost:9200',options.configfile).split(','))
--- a/cron/collectAttackers.py
+++ b/cron/collectAttackers.py
@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def searchMongoAlerts(mozdefdb):
                    newAttacker['alertscount'] = len(newAttacker['alerts'])
                    newAttacker['eventscount'] = len(newAttacker['events'])
                    if newAttacker['eventscount'] > 0:
-                        newAttacker['lastseentimestamp'] = toUTC(newAttacker['events'][-1]['documentsource']['utctimestamp'], 'UTC')
+                        newAttacker['lastseentimestamp'] = toUTC(newAttacker['events'][-1]['documentsource']['utctimestamp'], 'US/Pacific')
                    attackers.insert(newAttacker)
                    #upate geoIP info
                    latestGeoIP = [a['events'] for a in alerts.find(
@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ def searchMongoAlerts(mozdefdb):
                            updateAttackerGeoIP(mozdefdb, attacker['_id'], alert['events'][-1]['documentsource'])

                        # update last seen time
-                        attacker['lastseentimestamp'] = toUTC(attacker['events'][-1]['documentsource']['utctimestamp'], 'UTC')
+                        attacker['lastseentimestamp'] = toUTC(attacker['events'][-1]['documentsource']['utctimestamp'], 'US/Pacific')
                        # update counts
                        attacker['alertscount'] = len(attacker['alerts'])
                        attacker['eventscount'] = len(attacker['events'])
@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    #change this to your default timezone
-    options.defaulttimezone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)
+    options.defaulttimezone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)
    # output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.output = getConfig('output', 'stdout', options.configfile)
    # syslog hostname
--- a/cron/collectSSHFingerprints.py
+++ b/cron/collectSSHFingerprints.py
@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
--- a/cron/compromisedCreds2fxa.py
+++ b/cron/compromisedCreds2fxa.py
@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ def initConfig():
    options.output=getConfig('output','stdout',options.configfile)                              #output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.sysloghostname=getConfig('sysloghostname','localhost',options.configfile)           #syslog hostname
    options.syslogport=getConfig('syslogport',514,options.configfile)                           #syslog port
-    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)        #default timezone
+    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)        #default timezone
    options.mozdefurl = getConfig('url', 'http://localhost:8080/events', options.configfile)                  #mozdef event input url to post to
    options.lastrun=toUTC(getConfig('lastrun',toUTC(datetime.now()-timedelta(hours=24)),options.configfile))
    options.recordlimit = getConfig('recordlimit', 1000, options.configfile)                    #max number of records to request
--- a/cron/correlateUserMacAddress.py
+++ b/cron/correlateUserMacAddress.py
@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def initConfig():

    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
    options.defaulttimezone = getConfig('defaulttimezone',
-                                        'UTC',
+                                        'US/Pacific',
                                        options.configfile)

    # elastic search server settings
--- a/cron/createIPBlockList.py
+++ b/cron/createIPBlockList.py
@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    #change this to your default timezone
-    options.defaulttimezone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)
+    options.defaulttimezone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)
    # output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.output = getConfig('output', 'stdout', options.configfile)
    # syslog hostname
--- a/cron/esCacheMaint.py
+++ b/cron/esCacheMaint.py
@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)

    # elastic search options.
    options.esservers = list(getConfig('esservers', 'http://localhost:9200', options.configfile).split(','))
--- a/cron/eventStats.py
+++ b/cron/eventStats.py
@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ def initConfig():

    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
    options.defaulttimezone = getConfig('defaulttimezone',
-                                        'UTC',
+                                        'US/Pacific',
                                        options.configfile)

    # elastic search server settings
--- a/cron/eventStatsAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/eventStatsAlerts.py
@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def initConfig():

    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
    options.defaulttimezone = getConfig('defaulttimezone',
-                                        'UTC',
+                                        'US/Pacific',
                                        options.configfile)

    # elastic search server settings
--- a/cron/fail2banAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/fail2banAlerts.py
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/fxaAccountCreateAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/fxaAccountCreateAlerts.py
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/google2mozdef.py
+++ b/cron/google2mozdef.py
@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def initConfig():
    options.output=getConfig('output','stdout',options.configfile)                              #output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.sysloghostname=getConfig('sysloghostname','localhost',options.configfile)           #syslog hostname
    options.syslogport=getConfig('syslogport',514,options.configfile)                           #syslog port
-    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)        #default timezone
+    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)        #default timezone
    options.url = getConfig('url', 'http://localhost:8080/events', options.configfile)                  #mozdef event input url to post to
    options.lastrun=toUTC(getConfig('lastrun',toUTC(datetime.now()-timedelta(hours=24)),options.configfile))
    options.recordlimit = getConfig('recordlimit', 1000, options.configfile)                    #max number of records to request
--- a/cron/healthAndStatus.py
+++ b/cron/healthAndStatus.py
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone='UTC'):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone='US/Pacific'):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def initConfig():

    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
    options.defaulttimezone = getConfig('defaulttimezone',
-                                        'UTC',
+                                        'US/Pacific',
                                        options.configfile)

    # elastic search server settings
--- a/cron/healthToMongo.py
+++ b/cron/healthToMongo.py
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def initConfig():
    options.mongoport = getConfig('mongoport', 3001, options.configfile)
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
    options.defaulttimezone = getConfig('defaulttimezone',
-                                        'UTC',
+                                        'US/Pacific',
                                        options.configfile)


--- a/cron/hostScannerAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/hostScannerAlerts.py
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/ldapAddAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/ldapAddAlerts.py
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/ldapDeleteAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/ldapDeleteAlerts.py
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/ldapGroupModifyAlerts.py
+++ b/cron/ldapGroupModifyAlerts.py
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # msg queue settings
    options.mqserver = getConfig('mqserver', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # message queue server hostname
    options.alertqueue = getConfig('alertqueue', 'mozdef.alert', options.configfile)  # alert queue topic
--- a/cron/marketPlaceNotices.py
+++ b/cron/marketPlaceNotices.py
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # logging settings
    options.output = getConfig('output', 'stdout', options.configfile)  # output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.sysloghostname = getConfig('sysloghostname', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # syslog hostname
--- a/cron/mig2mozdef.py
+++ b/cron/mig2mozdef.py
@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ def initConfig():
    options.output=getConfig('output','stdout',options.configfile)                      #output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.sysloghostname=getConfig('sysloghostname','localhost',options.configfile)   #syslog hostname
    options.syslogport=getConfig('syslogport',514,options.configfile)                   #syslog port
-    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)
    # Z = UTC, -07:00 = PDT
    options.mighost=getConfig('mighost','https://localhost',options.configfile)
    options.gpghome=getConfig('gpghome','/home/someuser/.gnupg',options.configfile)
--- a/cron/notifyRelengSSHAccess.py
+++ b/cron/notifyRelengSSHAccess.py
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def initLogger():
        sh.setFormatter(formatter)
        logger.addHandler(sh)

-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # logging settings
    options.output = getConfig('output', 'stdout', options.configfile)  # output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.sysloghostname = getConfig('sysloghostname', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # syslog hostname
--- a/cron/okta2mozdef.py
+++ b/cron/okta2mozdef.py
@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def initConfig():
    options.output=getConfig('output','stdout',options.configfile)                              #output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.sysloghostname=getConfig('sysloghostname','localhost',options.configfile)           #syslog hostname
    options.syslogport=getConfig('syslogport',514,options.configfile)                           #syslog port
-    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)        #default timezone
+    options.defaultTimeZone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)        #default timezone
    options.apikey=getConfig('apikey','',options.configfile)                                    #okta api key to use
    options.oktadomain = getConfig('oktadomain', 'yourdomain.okta.com', options.configfile)     #okta domain: something.okta.com
    options.esservers=list(getConfig('esservers','http://localhost:9200',options.configfile).split(','))
--- a/cron/relengComplianceNotices.py
+++ b/cron/relengComplianceNotices.py
@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def initLogger():
        logger.addHandler(sh)


-def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="UTC"):
+def toUTC(suspectedDate, localTimeZone="US/Pacific"):
    '''make a UTC date out of almost anything'''
    utc = pytz.UTC
    objDate = None
@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    # change this to your default zone for when it's not specified
-    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'UTC', options.configfile)
+    options.defaultTimeZone = getConfig('defaulttimezone', 'US/Pacific', options.configfile)
    # logging settings
    options.output = getConfig('output', 'stdout', options.configfile)  # output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.sysloghostname = getConfig('sysloghostname', 'localhost', options.configfile)  # syslog hostname
--- a/cron/syncAlertsToMongo.py
+++ b/cron/syncAlertsToMongo.py
@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def updateMongo(mozdefdb, esAlerts):
            mrecord['_id'] = genMeteorID()
            # capture the elastic search meta data (index/id/doctype)
            # set the date back to a datetime from unicode, so mongo/meteor can properly sort, select. 
-            mrecord['utctimestamp']=toUTC(mrecord['utctimestamp'],'UTC')
+            mrecord['utctimestamp']=toUTC(mrecord['utctimestamp'],'US/Pacific')
            # also set an epoch time field so minimongo can sort
            mrecord['utcepoch'] = calendar.timegm(mrecord['utctimestamp'].utctimetuple())
            mrecord['esmetadata'] = dict()
@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def main():

 def initConfig():
    #change this to your default timezone
-    options.defaulttimezone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','UTC',options.configfile)    
+    options.defaulttimezone=getConfig('defaulttimezone','US/Pacific',options.configfile)    
    # output our log to stdout or syslog
    options.output = getConfig('output', 'stdout', options.configfile)
    # syslog hostname