Technical data

System Administration
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The date, time, and GMT offset are displayed in mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss +
|
- hh:mm
format. For example:
Aug 29, 1997 15:26:23 [GMT+12]
The GMT offset is stored as a direction (+ or -) and a value in hours and minutes.
Most time zone offset values are in hours, and do not include minutes. For
example, the eastern standard time (EST) zone is 5 hours behind GMT
(or GMT-5).
Enter the following to change the date, time, and GMT offset:
date [ <mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss> [+
|
- hh:mm
]]
The console displays the new date, time, and time zone offset.
If you do not enter a parameter (for example, the date), the system uses the current
system setting.
Changing the GMT offset changes the timestamps of messages in the event log.
For example, the GMT offset was 0 at 2:00 p.m. At 10:00 p.m., you access the
event log to check the messages that came in between 2:00 and 10:00. If you then
change the GMT offset to -2, the timestamp of each message in the event log is
offset by -2 hours (that is, if the timestamp was 2:00 p.m., it changes to 12:00
p.m.).
Examples:
Note:
When you change the date, time, and GMT offset, the GAME operating
system distributes the new date and time to all processor modules.
date
The console displays the current system date, time,
and time zone offset:
Aug 27, 1997 16:00 [GMT-4]
date 08/29/97 16:02
The system date and time change to:
Aug 29, 1997 16:02
date 08/29/97 16:02 -5
The system date, time, and time zone offset change
to:
Aug 29, 1997 16:02 [GMT-5]