Chapter 3
| Basic Management Tasks
Setting the System Clock
Setting the Time Zone
Use the System > Time (Configure Time Server) page to set the time zone. SNTP
uses Coordinated Universal Time (or UTC, formerly Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT)
based on the time at the Earth's prime meridian, zero degrees longitude, which
passes through Greenwich, England. To display a time corresponding to your local
time, you must indicate the number of hours and minutes your time zone is east
(before) or west (after) of UTC. You can choose one of the 80 predefined time zone
definitions, or your can manually configure the parameters for your local time zone.
Parameters
The following parameters are displayed:
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Name – Assigns a name to the time zone. (Range: 1-30 characters)
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Hours (-12 - 13) – The number of hours before/after UTC. The maximum value
before UTC is 12. The maximum value after UTC is 13.
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Minutes (0-59) – The number of minutes before/after UTC.
Web Interface
To set your local time zone:
1.
Click System, then Time.
2.
Select Configure Time Zone from the Action list.
3.
Set the offset for your time zone relative to the UTC in hours and minutes.
4.
Click Apply.
Figure 20: Setting the Time Zone
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