The output of command `w`is not consitent with `last` (connection in the future)

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • From the output of the command w:

    # w
     11:30:17 up 4 days, 38 min,  4 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
    USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
    user1 pts/0   192.168.1.50       Fri03   42:15m  0.20s  0.20s -bash
    user2 pts/1     192.168.1.20       Fri09    0.00s  0.12s  0.11s sshd: user2 [priv]
    user1 pts/2    192.168.1.50       Fri15   41:24m  0.07s  0.07s -bash
    user2 pts/3     192.168.1.20       10:12   15:04   0.00s  0.00s -bash
    

=> it seems that user1 connected to the system Friday the 15th.

  • This is not consistent with output of last:

    # last -10
    user2 pts/3        192.168.1.20      Sun Apr 12 10:12   still logged in
    user1 pts/2        192.168.1.50       Fri Apr 10 15:26   still logged in
    user2 pts/2        192.168.1.20      Fri Apr 10 14:29 - 14:29  (00:00)
    user2 pts/1        192.168.1.20      Fri Apr 10 09:23   still logged in
    user1 pts/0        192.168.1.50       Fri Apr 10 03:28   still logged in
    user1 pts/0        192.168.1.50       Fri Apr 10 03:23 - 03:27  (00:04)
    user1 pts/0        192.168.1.50       Fri Apr 10 03:21 - 03:21  (00:00)
    user1 pts/0        192.168.1.50       Fri Apr 10 02:20 - 02:48  (00:28)
    user1 pts/0        192.168.1.50       Fri Apr 10 02:06 - 02:17  (00:11)
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    wtmp begins Mon Apr  6 13:01:22 2020
    
  • And the date (the connection appears to be in the future):

    date
    Tue Apr 14 00:51:39 EDT 2020
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • w
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