Configuration Guide User guide

BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide 129
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Setting the system clock
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By default, the device does not change the system time for daylight savings time. To enable daylight
savings time, enter the following command.
BigIron RX(config)# clock summer-time
Syntax: clock summer-time
Although SNTP servers typically deliver the time and date in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), you can
configure the device to adjust the time for any one-hour offset from GMT or for one of the following
U.S. time zones:
• US Pacific (default)
• Alaska
• Aleutian
• Arizona
• Central
• East-Indiana
• Eastern
• Hawaii
• Michigan
• Mountain
• Pacific
• Samoa
The default is US Pacific.
You can now set the system time clock for countries like India that fall in the ½ hour time zone. Only
the following zones have been added:
• GMT + 11:30
• GMT + 10:30
• GMT + 09:30
• GMT + 06:30
• GMT + 05:30
• GMT + 04:30
• GMT + 03:30
• GMT - 03:30
• GMT - 08:30
• GMT - 09:30
To change the time zone to Australian East Coast time (which is normally 10 hours ahead of GMT),
enter the following command.
BigIron RX(config)# clock timezone gmt gmt+10
Syntax: clock timezone gmt gmt | us <time-zone>
You can enter one of the following values for <time-zone>:
• US time zones (us): alaska, aleutian, arizona, central, east-indiana, eastern, hawaii, michigan,
mountain, pacific, samoa.