Technical data

This command has the following operand:
"newdate"
This operand specifies the new date and time enclosed in double quotation marks. this operand is
optional; if omitted, the current date and time is displayed. Date and time are specified as a string in
the mmddhhmmyy format.
• mm: Specifies the month. Valid values are 01 to 12.
• dd: Specifies the date. Valid values are 01 to 31.
• hh: Specifies the hour. Valid values are 00 to 23.
• mm: Specifies the minutes. Valid values are 00 to 59.
• yy: Specifies the year, valid values are 00 to 37 and 70 to 99. Year values from 70 to 99 are
interpreted as 1970 to 1999; year values from 00 to 37 are interpreted as 2000 to 2037.
switch:admin> date
Tue Oct 22 14:05:10 UTC 2013
switch:admin> date "1022140613"
Tue Oct 22 14:06:00 UTC 2013
Synchronizing local time with an external source
Perform the following steps to synchronize the local time of the principal or primary FCS switch with
that of an external NTP server.
1. Log in as admin.
2. Enter the tsClockServer ipaddr command.
The ipaddr variable represents the IP address of the NTP server that the switch can access. This
argument is optional; by default, the value is "LOCL".
sw7840:admin> tsclockserver 192.168.126.60
Updating Clock Server configuration...done.
Updated with the NTP servers
Correcting the time zone of a switch
If the time of your switch is off by hours (and not minutes), use the following procedure to set the time
zone.
1. Log in as admin.
2. You can use the tstimezone --interactive command and follow the prompts or enter the
tsTimeZone command as follows:
tstimezone [houroffset [, minuteoffset]]
For Pacific Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone -8,0
For Central Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone -6,0
For Eastern Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone -5,0
The default time zone for switches is universal time conversion (UTC), which is 8 hours ahead of
Pacific Standard Time. Additional time zone conversions are listed in the table below.
The parameters listed do not apply if the time zone of the switches has already been changed from
the default (8 hours ahead of Pacific Standard Time).
For more information about the command parameters, refer to the tsTimeZone command in the
Fabric OS Command Reference.
Synchronizing local time with an external source
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