Setting The Time And Date - SonicWALL TELE3 SP Administrator's Manual

Setting the Time and Date

The SonicWALL uses the time and date settings to time stamp log events, to automatically
update the Content Filter List, and for other internal purposes.
1. Click the Time tab.
2. Select your time zone from the Time Zone menu.
3. Click Update to add the information to the SonicWALL.
You can also enable automatic adjustments for daylight savings time, use universal time
(UTC) rather than local time, and display the date in International format, with the
day preceding the month.
To set the time and date manually, clear the check boxes and enter the time (in 24-hour
format) and the date.
NTP Settings
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol used to synchronize computer clock times in a
network of computers. NTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to synchronize computer
clock times to a millisecond, and sometimes to a fraction of a millisecond. Select Use NTP to
set time automatically if you want to use your local server to set the SonicWALL clock. You
can also set the Update Interval for the NTP server to synchronize the time in the SonicWALL.
The default value is 60 minutes. You can add NTP servers to the SonicWALL for time
synchronization by entering in the IP address of an NTP server in the Add NTP Server field.
If there are no NTP Servers in the list, the internal NTP list is used by default. To remove an
NTP server, highlight the IP address and click Delete NTP Server.When you have configured
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