Hi all,
I have observed a significant discrepancy in CPU usage time calculations between sreport and sacct, and I would like to understand the underlying cause. Let me share the specific case I encountered when calculating CPU usage time for user zt23132881r from November 1, 2024, to November 30, 2024.

1. sreport Results (995,171 minutes):
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[root@master ~]# sreport Cluster UserUtilizationByAccount user=zt23132881r start=2024-11-01 end=2024-11-30
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Cluster/User/Account Utilization 2024-11-01T00:00:00 - 2024-11-29T23:59:59 (2505600 secs)
Usage reported in CPU Minutes
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  Cluster     Login     Proper Name         Account     Used    Energy
--------- --------- --------------- --------------- -------- ---------
djhpc-po+ zt231328+ zt23132881r zt+ zt23132881r_ba+   995171   6294875


2. sacct Results:
# Without truncate (1,019,927 minutes / 61,195,668 seconds)
[root@master ~]# sacct -u zt23132881r -S 2024-11-01 -E 2024-11-30 -o "jobid,partition,account,user,alloccpus,cputimeraw,state" -X |awk 'BEGIN{total=0}{total+=$6}END{print total}'
61195668

# With truncate (967,165 minutes / 58,029,908 seconds)
[root@master ~]# sacct -u zt23132881r -S 2024-11-01 -E 2024-11-30 -o "jobid,partition,account,user,alloccpus,cputimeraw,state" -X --truncate |awk 'BEGIN{total=0}{total+=$6}END{print total}'
58029908

#  No -X
[root@master ~]# sacct -u zt23132881r -S 2024-11-01 -E 2024-11-30 -o "jobid,partition,account,user,alloccpus,cputimeraw,state" |awk 'BEGIN{total=0}{total+=$6}END{print total}'
61195668

The results show three different values:
I would appreciate if someone could explain:
Thank you for your assistance in clarifying these discrepancies.
Best regards