HP StorageWorks 4/16 Brocade OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric OS - Page 120

2 date date Displays or sets the switch date and time. Synopsis date ["newdate"] Description Use this command to display or set the date and time. If no operand is specified the current value is displayed. Specify the newdate operand to set the date and time. All switches maintain current date and time in flash memory. Date and time are used for logging events. Normal switch operation does not depend on the date and time; a switch with incorrect date values continues to function properly. This command sets a common date and time for the entire fabric. A change in date or time to one switch is forwarded to the principal switch and distributed to the fabric. It may take up to 64 seconds for the switches in the fabric to be synchronized. However, if FCS policy is enabled, this command can be executed only on the Primary FCS switch, and only the primary FCS switch will distribute the time stamp to all other switches in the fabric. The date specified is always the local switch time, taking into account daylight saving time and the time zone setup of the switch. Each switch takes care of converting the GMT time distributed fabric-wide to its local time. Refer to tsTimeZone for more information on time zone support. If the switch is operating in FICON Management Server mode (fmsmode), setting the date is subject to the director clock alert mode (DCAM). If DCAM is 1, the operator issues a warning that the switch date is about to change. The operator then prompts to confirm the change with a yes or no response. Notes This command becomes read-only if external NTP synchronization is enabled. For more information, refer to tsClockServer. The execution of this command is subject to Admin Domain restrictions that may be in place. Operands This command has the following operand: "newdate" Specify the new date and time, in quotation marks. This operand is optional. Date and time are specified as a string in the format: "mmddhhmmyy" where: mm is the month, valid values are 01-12 dd is the date, valid values are 01-31 hh is the hour, valid values are 00-23 mm is minutes, valid values are 00-59 yy is the year, valid values are 00-37 and 70-99 Year values from 70-99 are interpreted as 1970- 1999, year values from 00-37 are interpreted as 2000-2037. Examples To display the current date and time and then modify it: switch:admin> date Fri Jan 29 17:01:48 UTC 2007 switch:admin> date "0227123007" Thu Feb 27 12:30:00 UTC 2007 94 Fabric OS Command Reference 53-1000599-01