diff --git a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMgmt.c b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMgmt.c
index 4b06626753b73fc63487bf699280953115ed75a7..d7088a337acbb2805160eab24b6339c664cac667 100644
--- a/src/dnode/src/dnodeMgmt.c
+++ b/src/dnode/src/dnodeMgmt.c
@@ -717,6 +717,9 @@ static void dnodeSendStatusMsg(void *handle, void *tmrId) {
   pStatus->clusterCfg.maxVgroupsPerDb    = htonl(tsMaxVgroupsPerDb);
   tstrncpy(pStatus->clusterCfg.arbitrator, tsArbitrator, TSDB_EP_LEN);
   tstrncpy(pStatus->clusterCfg.timezone, tsTimezone, 64);
+  pStatus->clusterCfg.checkTime = 0;
+  char timestr[32] = "1970-01-01 00:00:00.00";
+  (void)taosParseTime(timestr, &pStatus->clusterCfg.checkTime, strlen(timestr), TSDB_TIME_PRECISION_MILLI, 0);
   tstrncpy(pStatus->clusterCfg.locale, tsLocale, TSDB_LOCALE_LEN);
   tstrncpy(pStatus->clusterCfg.charset, tsCharset, TSDB_LOCALE_LEN);  
   
diff --git a/src/inc/taosmsg.h b/src/inc/taosmsg.h
index 265bf47d6dce95b76e4dce930f0656da6156dbb3..1daa1da03805415ed58b9ec4b11c791656af2a9a 100644
--- a/src/inc/taosmsg.h
+++ b/src/inc/taosmsg.h
@@ -575,6 +575,7 @@ typedef struct {
   int32_t  maxVgroupsPerDb;
   char     arbitrator[TSDB_EP_LEN];   // tsArbitrator
   char     timezone[64];              // tsTimezone
+  int64_t  checkTime;                 // 1970-01-01 00:00:00.000
   char     locale[TSDB_LOCALE_LEN];   // tsLocale
   char     charset[TSDB_LOCALE_LEN];  // tsCharset
 } SClusterCfg;
diff --git a/src/mnode/src/mnodeDnode.c b/src/mnode/src/mnodeDnode.c
index 261f63d5cf17c4cd2d0eaa7d0d2230d38846263b..5da57a30934d75335ca28c0d7e6dcfe3e43b47b2 100644
--- a/src/mnode/src/mnodeDnode.c
+++ b/src/mnode/src/mnodeDnode.c
@@ -363,10 +363,15 @@ static bool mnodeCheckClusterCfgPara(const SClusterCfg *clusterCfg) {
     mError("\"arbitrator\"[%s - %s]  cfg parameters inconsistent", clusterCfg->arbitrator, tsArbitrator);
     return false;
   }
-  if (0 != strncasecmp(clusterCfg->timezone, tsTimezone, strlen(tsTimezone))) {
-    mError("\"timezone\"[%s - %s]  cfg parameters inconsistent", clusterCfg->timezone, tsTimezone);
+
+  int64_t checkTime = 0;
+  char timestr[32] = "1970-01-01 00:00:00.00";
+  (void)taosParseTime(timestr, &checkTime, strlen(timestr), TSDB_TIME_PRECISION_MILLI, 0);
+  if ((0 != strncasecmp(clusterCfg->timezone, tsTimezone, strlen(tsTimezone))) && (checkTime != clusterCfg->checkTime)) {
+    mError("\"timezone\"[%s - %s] [%" PRId64 " - %" PRId64"] cfg parameters inconsistent", clusterCfg->timezone, tsTimezone, clusterCfg->checkTime, checkTime);
     return false;
   }
+
   if (0 != strncasecmp(clusterCfg->locale, tsLocale, strlen(tsLocale))) {
     mError("\"locale\"[%s - %s]  cfg parameters inconsistent", clusterCfg->locale, tsLocale);
     return false;