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If you typed m to manually enter the timezone, the following is displayed:
Enter the time zone (case sensitive):
Type, for example, Italy <Enter>.
10. Type a number corresponding to the timezone you want to synchronize from
the list under the country code entered. The following is displayed:
Date, Time, Timezone & Timeserver(s) configuration
==================================================
1. Set date & time
2. Set Timezone
3. Set Timeserver(s)
c. Commit changes and exit *
q. Exit without commiting changes
Please Choose:
As previously stated, you can choose either c to save the changes and exit the
setClock configuration, choose q to exit the configuration without saving the
changes, or continue synchronizing the local timezone and/or adding the
timeservers to the system.
11. Add timeservers to the system by typing 3 <Enter> in the Please Choose:
field.
The following is displayed:
a. Please specify the timeserver's IP Address:
Type the timeserver's IP Address. For example: 192.168.10.15 <Enter>
b. Would you like to set a secondary timeserver? (yes|no)
Type y <Enter> to set a secondary timeserver.
c. Please specify the secondary timeserver's IP Address:
Type the secondary timeserver's IP address. For example: 192.168.12.15
<Enter>
The following is displayed:
Date, Time, Timezone & Timeserver(s) configuration
==================================================
1. Set date & time
2. Set Timezone
3. Set Timeserver(s)
c. Commit changes and exit *
q. Exit without commiting changes
Please Choose:
12. Confirm and save your changes to the configuration by typing c <Enter> in
the Please Choose: field. A list of the configuration changes is displayed for
review.
Reviewing the results
Note: If only the date was modified, and not the timezones and/or timeservers,
only the date will be displayed in the contents.
For example: if you modified the date, added a primary and secondary time
server, and specified America/Chicago as the time zone, when you choose c to
commit the changes and exit, the file contents appear as follows:
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