Deployment Guide

You cannot delete this command (there is not a no version of this command).
clock set
Set the software clock in the switch.
Syntax
clock set time month day year
Parameters
time Enter the time in hours:minutes:seconds. For the hour variable, use the 24-hour format;
example, 17:15:00 is 5:15 pm.
month Enter the name of one of the 12 months, in English. You can enter the number of a day
and change the order of the display to time day month year .
day Enter the number of the day. The range is from 1 to 31. You can enter the name of a
month to change the order of the display to time month day year .
year Enter a four-digit number as the year. The range is from 1993 to 2035.
Defaults Not congured.
Command Modes EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Usage Information
You can change the order of the month and day parameters to enter the time and date as time day month year .
You cannot delete the software clock.
The software clock runs only when the software is up. The clock restarts, based on the hardware clock, when the
switch reboots.
Dell Networking recommends using an outside time source, such as NTP, to ensure accurate time on the switch.
Example
Dell#clock set 12:11:00 21 may 2012
Dell#
clock summer-time date
Set a date (and time zone) on which to convert the switch to daylight saving time on a one-time basis.
Syntax
clock summer-time time-zone date start-month start-day start-year start-time
end-month end-day end-year end-time [offset]
To delete a daylight saving time zone conguration, use the no clock summer-time command.
Parameters
time-zone Enter the three-letter name for the time zone. This name is displayed in the show clock
output.
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