ClamAV db timestamp

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Matt@
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ClamAV db timestamp

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I've just installed a new efa4 box to replace my efa3 one.

On the ClamAV status page the database timestamp doesn't seem to match with what's in var/log/messages - for example:

Status Page:

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Database Timestamp:	Mon Mar 15 11:06:12 2021
log file:

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/var/log/messages:7232:Mar 18 07:30:49 efa4 clamd[2521]: SelfCheck: Database modification detected. Forcing reload.
/var/log/messages:7233:Mar 18 07:30:49 efa4 clamd[2521]: Reading databases from /var/lib/clamav
/var/log/messages:7234:Mar 18 07:31:00 efa4 clamd[2521]: Database correctly reloaded (8704566 signatures)
/var/log/messages:7235:Mar 18 07:31:00 efa4 clamd[2521]: Activating the newly loaded database...
/var/log/messages:7236:Mar 18 07:41:01 efa4 clamd[2521]: SelfCheck: Database status OK.
So it looks like Clam is updating ok, is this expected behaviour (does it only update the timestamp on major versions or similar?)

Thanks,
Matthew
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