Setting the time zone, Figure 14: specifying sntp time servers – Microsens MS453490M Management Guide User Manual

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Setting the System Clock

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Figure 14: Specifying SNTP Time Servers

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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.

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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.

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To set your local time zone:

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Click System, then Time.

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Select Configure Time Zone from the Action list.

3.

Set the offset for your time zone relative to the UTC in hours and
minutes.

4.

Click Apply.

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