Dell Brocade G620 Brocade 8.0.1 Fabric OS Command Reference - Page 191

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. 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 an FCS policy is enabled, this command can be executed only on the Primary FCS switch, and only the primary FCS switch can distribute the time stamp to all other switches in the fabric. If Virtual Fabrics are enabled, the date is set for the entire chassis, including all logical switches. 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 Virtual Fabric restrictions that may be in place. Refer to "Using Fabric OS Commands" and "Command Availability" for details. Operands This command has the following operand: "newdate" Specify the new date and time enclosed in double quotation marks. this operand is optional; if omitted, the current date and time is displayed. Date and time are specified as a string in the mmddhhmmyy format. mm Specifies the month. Valid values are 01 to 12. dd Specifies the date. Valid values are 01 to 31. hh Specifies the hour. Valid values are 00 to 23. mm Specifies the minutes. Valid values are 00 to 59. Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference 167 53-1004112-02