Solved: Created date

dougedwards · ‎Feb 18, 2022

What does it mean when the created date for a device is after the inventory date?

kclausen · ‎Feb 18, 2022

@dougedwards:

Inventory Date is taken from the local time of the computer at the time that inventory is run.

Created Date is the date/time that the inventory is imported into FNMS/ITAM for the first time and that time is based on the local time of the FNMS/ITAM Server.

So, even if an inventory device is in the same time zone as the FNMS Server, the 2 times will not be the same. The Flexera Agent runs to capture inventory and that time is recorded. The agent uploads the inventory to a beacon, which uploads it to FNMS/ITAM and then is imported into FNMS/ITAM and therefore the Created Date will be somewhat after the Inventory Date.

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kclausen · ‎Feb 18, 2022

@dougedwards:

Inventory Date is taken from the local time of the computer at the time that inventory is run.

Created Date is the date/time that the inventory is imported into FNMS/ITAM for the first time and that time is based on the local time of the FNMS/ITAM Server.

So, even if an inventory device is in the same time zone as the FNMS Server, the 2 times will not be the same. The Flexera Agent runs to capture inventory and that time is recorded. The agent uploads the inventory to a beacon, which uploads it to FNMS/ITAM and then is imported into FNMS/ITAM and therefore the Created Date will be somewhat after the Inventory Date.