Setting The Time Zone; Synchronizing The Local Time With An External Source - Broadcom G610 Hardware Installation Manual

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device:admin> date
Thu Dec 22 14:05:10 UTC 2016
device:admin> date "1222150617"
Thu Dec 22 15:06:00 UTC 2017

Setting the Time Zone

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.
1. Log on as admin.
2. Use the tsTimeZone --interactive command and follow the prompts, or enter the tsTimeZone -[hour-
offset ,minute-offset ] 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 6: tsTimeZone Command Parameter Selection for the U.S. Time Zones
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

Synchronizing the Local Time with an External Source

Perform the following steps to synchronize the local time of the principal or primary FCS device with that of an external
NTP server.
1. Log on as admin.
2. Enter the tsClockServer [ipaddr ] command.
The ipaddr variable represents the IP address of the NTP server that the device can access. This variable is
optional; by default, the value is LOCL .
switch:admin> tsclockserver 192.168.126.60
Broadcom
Local Time 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
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