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This command provides configuration and statistics associated with SNTP and its
connectivity to the NTP server.
— show switch
This command indicates the GMT offset, Daylight Savings Time, and the current
local time.
NTP updates are distributed using GMT time. To properly display the local time in logs
and other timestamp information, the switch should be configured with the appropriate
offset to GMT based on geographical location. Tabl e 3 -4 describes GMT offsets.
Table 3- 4: Greenwich Mean Time Offsets
GMT
Offset in
Hours
GMT Offset
in Minutes
Common Time Zone
References
Cities
+0:00 +0 GMT - Greenwich Mean
UT or UTC - Universal
(Coordinated)
WET - Western European
London, England; Dublin, Ireland;
Edinburgh, Scotland; Lisbon,
Portugal; Reykjavik, Iceland;
Casablanca, Morocco
-1:00 -60 WAT - West Africa Azores, Cape Verde Islands
-2:00 -120 AT - Azores
-3:00 -180 Brasilia, Brazil; Buenos Aires,
Argentina; Georgetown, Guyana;
-4:00 -240 AST - Atlantic Standard Caracas; La Paz
-5:00 -300 EST - Eastern Standard Bogota, Columbia; Lima, Peru;
New York, NY, Trevor City, MI
USA
-6:00 -360 CST - Central Standard Mexico City, Mexico
-7:00 -420 MST - Mountain Standard Saskatchewan, Canada
-8:00 -480 PST - Pacific Standard Los Angeles, CA, Cupertino, CA,
Seattle, WA USA
-9:00 -540 YST - Yukon Standard
-10:00 -600 AHST - Alaska-Hawaii Standard
CAT - Central Alaska
HST - Hawaii Standard
-11:00 -660 NT - Nome