Reference Guide

System Time and Date | 895
The software clock runs only when the software is up. The clock restarts, based on the hardware clock,
when the switch reboots.
Set the timezone
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the time standard based on the International Atomic Time standard,
commonly known as Greenwich Mean time. When determining system time, you must include the
differentiator between UTC and your local timezone. For example, San Jose, CA is the Pacific Timezone
with a UTC offset of -8.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
clock set time month day year EXEC Privilege Set the system software clock to the current time and
date.
time: Enter the time in hours:minutes:seconds. For the
hour variable, use the 24-hour format, for example,
17:15:00 is 5:15 pm.
month: Enter the name of one of the 12 months in
English.
You can enter the name of a day to change the order of the
display to time day month year.
day: Enter the number of the day.
Range: 1 to 31.
You can enter the name of a month to change the order of
the display to
time day month year
year: Enter a four-digit number as the year.
Range: 1993 to 2035.
Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
clock timezone timezone-name offset CONFIGURATION Set the clock to the appropriate timezone.
timezone-name: Enter the name of the timezone. Do
not use spaces.
offset: Enter one of the following:
• a number from 1 to 23 as the number of hours in
addition to UTC for the timezone.
• a minus sign (-) followed by a number from 1 to 23 as
the number of hours
FTOS#clock set 16:20:00 19 september 2009
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