Users Guide

System Time
The commands in this chapter congure time values on the system, either using the Dell Networking OS, the hardware, or using the
network time protocol (NTP). With NTP, the switch can act only as a client to an NTP clock host.
For more information, refer to the Network Time Protocol section of the Management chapter in the Dell Networking OS Conguration
Guide.
The NTP commands are:
• calendar set
• ntp server
• show calendar
• show clock
• clock read-calendar
• clock set
• clock summer-time date
• clock summer-time recurring
• clock timezone
• clock update-calendar
Topics:
• calendar set
• clock read-calendar
• clock set
• clock summer-time date
• clock summer-time recurring
• clock timezone
• clock update-calendar
• ntp server
• show calendar
• show clock
calendar set
Set the time and date for the switch hardware clock.
Syntax
calendar set time month day year
Parameters
time Enter the time in hours:minutes:seconds. For the hour variable, use the 24-hour format;
for example, 17:15:00 is 5:15 pm.
month Enter the name of one of the 12 months in English. You can enter the name of a day to
change the order of the display to time day month year.
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