user manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Command Line Interface Usage
- Section 3 User Account Configuration
- Section 4 Network and Fabric Configuration
- Section 5 Switch Configuration
- 5.1 Displaying Switch Information
- 5.2 Managing Switch Services
- 5.3 Managing Switch Configurations
- 5.4 Paging a Switch
- 5.5 Setting the Date and Time
- 5.6 Resetting a Switch
- 5.7 Installing Firmware
- 5.8 Managing Switch Feature Upgrades
- Section 6 Port Configuration
- Section 7 Zoning Configuration
- Section 8 Connection Security Configuration
- Section 9 Device Security Configuration
- Section 10 RADIUS Server Configuration
- Section 11 Event Log Configuration
- Section 12 Simple Network Management Protocol Configuration
- Section 13 Command Reference
- 13.1 Access Authority
- 13.2 Syntax and Keywords
- 13.3 Notes and Examples
- 13.4 Command Listing
- Admin
- Alias
- Config
- Create
- Date
- Exit
- Fcping
- Fctrace
- Feature
- Firmware Install
- Group
- Hardreset
- Help
- History
- Hotreset
- Image
- Lip
- Logout
- Passwd
- Ping
- Ps
- Quit
- Reset
- Security
- Securityset
- Set Alarm
- Set Beacon
- Set Config Port
- Set Config Security
- Set Config Security Portbinding
- Set Config Switch
- Set Config Threshold
- Set Config Zoning
- Set Log
- Set Pagebreak
- Set Port
- Set Setup Radius
- Set Setup Services
- Set Setup SNMP
- Set Setup System
- Set Switch State
- Set Timezone
- Show About
- Show Alarm
- Show Broadcast
- Show Chassis
- Show Config Port
- Show Config Security
- Show Config Security Portbinding
- Show Config Switch
- Show Config Threshold
- Show Config Zoning
- Show Domains
- Show Donor
- Show Fabric
- Show FDMI
- Show Interface
- Show Log
- Show LSDB
- Show Media
- Show Mem
- Show NS
- Show Pagebreak
- Show Perf
- Show Port
- Show Post Log
- Show Setup Mfg
- Show Setup Radius
- Show Setup Services
- Show Setup SNMP
- Show Setup System
- Show Steering
- Show Switch
- Show Timezone
- Show Topology
- Show Users
- Show Version
- Shutdown
- Test Cancel
- Test Port
- Test Status
- Uptime
- User
- Whoami
- Zone
- Zoneset
- Zoning
- Index

13 – Command Reference
Date
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Date
Displays or sets the system date and time. To set the date and time the
information string must be provided in this format: MMDDhhmmCCYY. The new
date and time takes effect immediately.
Authority Admin session except to display the date.
Syntax date
[MMDDhhmmCCYY]
Keywords [MMDDhhmmCCYY]
Specifies the date – this requires an Admin session. If you omit
[MMDDhhmmCCYY], the current date is displayed which does not require an
Admin session.
Notes Network Time Protocol (NTP) must be disabled to set the time with the Date
command. Enter the Set Setup System command to disable the
NTPClientEnabled parameter.
When setting the date and time on a switch that is enabled for SSL connections,
the switch time must be within 24 hours of the workstation time. Otherwise, the
connection will fail.
Examples The following is an example of the Date command:
SANbox #> date
Mon Apr 07 07:51:24 200x