Setting The Time Zone; Synchronizing Local Time With An External Source; Tstimezone Command Parameter Selection For The Us Time Zones - IBM Storage Networking SAN128B-6 Installation, Service And User Manual

v yy: Specifies the year, valid values are 00 to 37 and 70 to 99. Year values from 70 to 99 are
interpreted as 1970 to 1999; year values from 00 to 37 are interpreted as 2000 to 2037.
device:admin> date
Thu Dec 22 14:05:10 UTC 2016
device:admin> date "1222140616"
Thu Dec 22 14:06:00 UTC 2016

Setting the time zone

About this task
The default time zone is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The time zone must be set only once
because the value is stored in nonvolatile memory. Use the following procedure to set the time zone.
Procedure
1. Log in as admin.
2. Use the tsTimeZone --interactive command and follow the prompts, or enter the tsTimeZone
[houroffset [, minuteoffset]] command as follows:
For Pacific Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone -8,0.
For Central Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone -6,0.
For Eastern Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone -5,0.
Table 9. tsTimeZone command parameter selection for the US time zones
Local time
Atlantic Standard
Atlantic Daylight
Eastern Standard
Eastern Daylight
Central Standard
Central Daylight
Mountain Standard
Mountain Daylight
Pacific Standard
Pacific Daylight
Alaskan Standard
Alaskan Daylight
Hawaiian Standard
3. Reboot the device.

Synchronizing local time with an external source

About this task
Perform the following steps to synchronize the local time of the principal or primary FCS device with
that of an external NTP server.
Procedure
1. Log in as admin.
2. Enter the tsClockServeripaddr command.
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tsTimeZone parameter (difference from UTC)
-4,0
-3,0
-5,0
-4,0
-6,0
-5,0
-7,0
-6,0
-8,0
-7,0
-9,0
-8,0
-10,0