Technical data

Administrative Options
PowerPC Open Firmware Quick Start Guide 41
3. Type in the current year, month, day, hour, and minute as
prompted and press ENTER.
If you enter a value outside of the range it is discarded and
you are prompted to enter the value again.
After entering the values, a message displays showing the
date and time which you entered and you are asked if it is
correct.
4. Respond with a Y or N and press ENTER or press the <ESC>
key to go to the previous menu.
Note The time is changed only if you answer yes (Y). If you
answer no (N), the new date and time is discarded and
the message ÒUpdate AbortedÓ is displayed. Typing q
or Q in response to the date and time prompts also
aborts the update.
Modifying the Time Display
The default format for the time portion of the display is in AM/PM
style. PowerPC Open Firmware provides the option to change the
time display to 24-hour time format. To do this create the NVRAM
variable 24-hour-time? and set its value to true. If the variable
24-hour-time? is false or nonexistent, the time is displayed in
AM/PM style.