Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.0.0 (53-1002148-02, June 2011)

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Date and time settings
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• dd is the date; valid values are 01 through 31.
• HH is the hour; valid values are 00 through 23.
• MM is minutes; valid values are 00 through 59.
• yy is the year, valid values are 00 through 37 and 70 through 99 (year values from 70
through 99 are interpreted as 1970 through 1999, year values from 00 through 37 are
interpreted as 2000 through 2037).
Example of showing and setting the date
switch:admin> date
Fri Sep 29 17:01:48 UTC 2007
Stealth200E:admin> date "0204101008"
Mon Feb 4 10:10:00 UTC 2008
Time zone settings
You can set the time zone for a switch by name. You can specify the setting using country and city
or time zone parameters. Switch operation does not depend on a date and time setting. However,
having an accurate time setting is needed for accurate logging and audit tracking.
If the time zone is not set with new options, the switch retains the offset time zone settings. The
tsTimeZone command includes an option to revert to the prior time zone format. For more
information about the tsTimeZone command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference.
When you set the time zone for a switch, you can perform the following tasks:
• Display all of the time zones supported in the firmware.
• Set the time zone based on a country and city combination or based on a time zone ID,
such as PST.
The time zone setting has the following characteristics:
• Users can view the time zone settings. However, only those with administrative
permissions can set the time zones.
• The setting automatically adjusts for Daylight Savings Time.
• Changing the time zone on a switch updates the local time zone setup and is reflected in
local time calculations.
• By default, all switches are set to Greenwich Mean Time (0,0). If all switches in a fabric are
in one time zone, it is possible for you to keep the time zone setup at the default setting.
• System services that have already started reflect the time zone changes after the next
reboot.
• Time zone settings persist across failover for high availability.
Setting the time zone on any dual domain director has the following characteristics:
• Updating the time zone on any switch updates the entire director.
• The time zone of the entire director is the time zone of switch 0.
Setting the time zone
The following procedure describes how to set the time zone for a switch. You must perform the
procedure on all switches for which the time zone must be set. However, you only need to set the
time zone once on each switch because the value is written to nonvolatile memory.