Reference Guide

System Time and Date | 919
Setting the timezone
Coordinated Universal Time (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 UTC and your local timezone. For example, San Jose, CA is the Pacific Timezone
with a UTC offset of -8.
Setting daylight saving time
Dell networking OS supports setting the system to daylight saving time once or on a recurring basis every
year.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
clock timezone timezone-name offset CONFIGURATION Set the clock to the appropriate timezone.
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 (-) followed by a number from 1 to 23 as
the number of hours
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
Dell#clock set 12:11:00 21 may 2012
Dell#
Dell#conf
Dell(conf)#clock timezone Pacific -8
Dell(conf)#01:40:19: %STKUNIT0-M:CP %CLOCK-6-TIME CHANGE:
Timezone configuration changed from "UTC 0 hrs 0 mins" to "Pacific
-8 hrs 0 mins"
Dell#