McDATA 4Gb SAN Switch for HP p-Class BladeSystem User Guide (AA-RW20B-TE, December 2005)

126 Command Line Interface
Date command
Description This command 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]
Operands
[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. See the
Set Setup command, System operand, for information about NTP.
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:
McDATA4GbSAN #> date
Mon Apr 07 07:51:24 2005
See also Date command, page 126
Set command, page 156