Netgear XCM8806 Chassis Hardware Installation Guide - Page 33

NETGEAR 8800 Chassis Switch CLI Manual floatingday absoluteday time_of_day noautodst Specifies the day, week, and month of the year to begin or end DST each year. Format is: where: • is specified as [first | second | third | fourth | last] or 1-5. • is specified as [sunday | monday | tuesday | wednesday | thursday | friday | saturday] or 1-7 (where 1 is Sunday). • is specified as [january | february | march | april | may | june | july | august | september | october | november | december] or 1-12. Default for beginning is second sunday march; default for ending is first sunday november. Specifies a specific day of a specific year on which to begin or end DST. Format is: where: • is specified as 1-12. • is specified as 1-31. • is specified as 2003-2035. The year must be the same for the begin and end dates. Specifies the time of day to begin or end Daylight Saving Time. May be specified as an hour (0-23) or as hour:minutes. Default is 2:00. Disables automatic Daylight Saving Time. Default Autodst, beginning every second Sunday in March, and ending every first Sunday in November. Usage Guidelines Network Time Protocol (NTP) server updates are distributed using GMT time. To properly display the local time in logs and other timestamp information, the switch should be configured with the appropriate offset to GMT based on geographic location. The gmt_offset is specified in +/- minutes from the GMT time. Automatic DST changes can be enabled or disabled. The default configuration, where DST begins on the second Sunday in March at 2:00 AM and ends the first Sunday in November at 2:00 AM, applies to most of North America (beginning in 2007), and can be configured with the following syntax: configure timezone autodst. The starting and ending date and time for DST may be specified, as these vary in time zones around the world. • Use the every keyword to specify a year-after-year repeating set of dates (for example, the last Sunday in March every year) • Use the on keyword to specify a non-repeating, specific date for the specified year. If you use this option, you will need to specify the command again every year. • The begins specification defaults to every second sunday march. Chapter 2. Commands for Accessing the Switch | 33