Configuring The Time Zone - Cisco Catalyst 2960 series Configuration Manual

How to Administer the Switch
Command or Action
• clock set hh:mm:ss day month year
• clock set hh:mm:ss month day year
Example:
Switch# clock set 13:32:00 23 March 2013

Configuring the Time Zone

Follow these steps to manually configure the time zone:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. clock timezone zone hours-offset [minutes-offset]
4. end
5. show running-config
6. copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1
enable
Example:
Switch> enable
Step 2
configure terminal
Example:
Switch# configure terminal
Step 3 clock timezone zone hours-offset
[minutes-offset]
Example:
Switch(config)# clock timezone AST -3 30
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Purpose
• hh:mm:ss—Specifies the time in hours (24-hour format), minutes,
and seconds. The time specified is relative to the configured time
zone.
• day—Specifies the day by date in the month.
• month—Specifies the month by name.
• year—Specifies the year (no abbreviation).
Purpose
Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if prompted.
Enters the global configuration mode.
Sets the time zone.
Internal time is kept in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), so this
command is used only for display purposes and when the time is
manually set.