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Setting the System Clock
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Setting the Time Zone
Use the System > Time (Configure Time Server) page to set the time zone. SNTP uses Coordinated
Universal Time (or UTC, formerly Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT) based on the time at the Earth’s
prime meridian, zero degrees longitude, which passes through Greenwich, England. To display a
time corresponding to your local time, you must indicate the number of hours and minutes your
time zone is east (before) or west (after) of UTC. You can choose one of the 80 predefined time
zone definitions, or your can manually configure the parameters for your local time zone.
CLI References
• "clock timezone" on page 100
Parameters
The following parameters are displayed:
• Direction: Configures the time zone to be before (east of) or after (west of) UTC.
• Name – Assigns a name to the time zone. (Range: 1-29 characters)
• Hours (0-13) – The number of hours before/after UTC. The maximum value before UTC is 12.
The maximum value after UTC is 13.
• Minutes (0-59) – The number of minutes before/after UTC.
Interface
To set your local time zone:
1. Click System, then Time.
2. Select Configure Time Zone from the Step list.
3. Set the offset for your time zone relative to the UTC in hours and minutes.
4. Click Apply.
FIGURE 20 Setting the Time Zone