Setting The System Date And Time - Avaya Communication Manager Administrator's Manual

Setting the System Date and Time

Update the date and time for events such as a leap year, the change to or from daylight savings
time, or a system restart after a power failure. The correct date and time assure that Call Detail
Recording (CDR) records are correct. CDR does not work until the date and time have been
entered.
Note:
Changing the date and time can modify CDR data by 9 hours and 59 minutes.
Note:
Therefore, you should change the date and time after normal business hours.
After you change the date and time, review the time settings for any adjunct
(other than AUDIX) linked to your system that uses the system time.
Before you can set the date and time, you need to know whether it is currently daylight savings
or standard time and know which daylight savings rule number you want to use. Daylight
savings rule numbers are located on the
In our example, we set the date and time to Tuesday, November 5, at 8:30 p.m. standard time.
To set the system date and time:
1. Type set time. Press Enter.
The Date and Time
Figure 10: Date and Time screen
set time
DATE
Day of the Week: _______
Day of the Month: __
TIME
Hour: __ Minute: __
________________
WARNING: Changing the date or time may impact BCMS, CDR, SCHEDULED EVENTS,
2. Complete the Date fields.
a. Type Tuesday in the Day of the Week field.
b. Type November in the Month field.
screen displays.
Daylight Savings Rule: _
and MEASUREMENTS
Daylight Savings Rules
DATE AND TIME
Month: ________
Year: ____
Second: __
Setting the System Date and Time
screen.
Type:
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