Administrator Guide
• year: Enter a four-digit number as the year. The range is from 1993 to 2035.
Example of the clock set Command
Dell#clock set 12:11:00 21 may 2012
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Setting the Timezone
Universal time coordinated (UTC) is the time standard based on the International Atomic Time standard,
commonly known as Greenwich Mean time. When determining system time, you must include the
differentiator between the UTC and your local timezone. For example, San Jose, CA is the Pacific Timezone
with a UTC offset of -8.
To set the clock timezone, use the following command.
• Set the clock to the appropriate timezone.
CONFIGURATION mode
clock timezone timezone-name offset
• timezone-name: Enter the name of the timezone. Do not use spaces.
• offset: Enter one of the following:
• a number from 1 to 23 as the number of hours in addition to UTC for the timezone.
• a minus sign (-) then a number from 1 to 23 as the number of hours.
Example of the clock timezone Command
Dell#conf
Dell(conf)#clock timezone Pacific -8
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Setting Daylight Savings Time
Dell Networking OS supports setting the system to daylight savings time once or on a recurring basis every
year.
Setting Daylight Saving Time Once
Set a date (and time zone) on which to convert the switch to daylight saving time on a one-time basis.
To set the clock for daylight savings time once, use the following command.
• Set the clock to the appropriate timezone and daylight saving time.
CONFIGURATION mode
clock summer-time time-zone date start-month start-day start-year start-time
end-month end-day end-year end-time [offset]
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