Dell C1048P Port Extender Networking Configuration Guide for the C9000 Series - Page 1110

Time and Date You can set the time and date in the Dell Networking OS using the CLI. Configuration Task List This section describes configuring the time and date settings. • Setting the Time and Date for the Switch Hardware Clock • Setting the Time and Date for the Switch Software Clock • Setting the Timezone • Setting Daylight Saving Time Once • Setting Recurring Daylight Saving Time Setting the Time and Date for the Switch Software Clock You can change the order of the month and day parameters to enter the time and date as time day month year. You cannot delete the software clock. The software clock runs only when the software is up. The clock restarts, based on the hardware clock, when the switch reboots. To set the software clock, use the following command. • Set the system software clock to the current time and date. EXEC Privilege mode clock set time month day year • 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. The range is from 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. The range is from 1993 to 2035. Example of the clock set Command Dell#clock set 16:20:00 19 september 2009 Dell# System Time and Date 1110