User's Manual

Chapter 5. System Maintenance
5.1. Date and Time
System date and time can be set using an NTP service or using the date command. The show date
command displays the current local date and time.
system date {hours:minutes:seconds} [day [month [year]]]
Description. Set system date and time.
No-Form. N/A.
Arguments.
hours
Hours, from 0 to 23
minutes
Minutes, from 0 to 59
seconds
Seconds, from 0 to 59
day
Day of the month. If omitted, the current date doesn't get changed.
month Month, one of 3-letter month abbreviations: "jan", "feb", "mar",
"apr", "may", "jun", "jul", "aug", "sep", "oct", "nov" or
"dec". If omitted, the current month is used.
year
Year, from 1970 to 2068. If omitted, the current year is used.
show date
Description. Display system date and time.
No-Form. N/A.
Arguments. No arguments.
Example 5.1. Set System Date and Time
EION: system date 10:26:00 5 mar
Date and time adjusted.
EION: show date
Mon Mar 5 10:26:00 2007
5.2. NTP
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems
over the Internet. LibraPlus system implements an NTP client service for time synchronization. This
service has the following parameters:
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