KB ID 0001363

Problem

At first this was just a bug, now it’s annoying, I don’t know why Cisco have not got round to fixing this, it’s still a problem in the latest (6.2.2 at time of writing,) version.

Solution

Configuration > ASA FirePOWER Configuration > Local > System Policy > Time > Synchronisation > Manually > Save Policy and  Exit.

Deploy > Deploy FirePOWER Changes > Deploy.

To View Task Progress: Monitoring > ASA FirePOWER Monitoring > Ensure the policy has applied successfully, (go and have a coffee).

Configuration > ASA FirePOWER Configuration > Local > Configuration > Time > Select the time zone ‘Hyperlink’ > Set the correct zone > Save > Done.

Configuration > ASA FirePOWER Configuration > Local > System Policy > Time > Synchronisation > Via NTP From… > Type in a public NTP Server  > Save Policy and  Exit.

or use;

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0.sourcefire.pool.ntp.org, 1.sourcefire.pool.ntp.org, 2.sourcefire.pool.ntp.org, 3.sourcefire.pool.ntp.org

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Deploy > Deploy FirePOWER Changes > Deploy.

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Special Thanks to Craig Paolozzi for this article, because he asks me how to do it, every 27 days.