Setting The Date; Setting The Time Zone - Dell PowerConnect B-DCX-4S Backbone Hardware Reference Manual

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Setting the date and time

Setting the date

To set the date, follow these steps.
1. If necessary, log on to the PowerConnect B-DCX-4S by Telnet, using the admin account.
2. Enter the date command, using the following syntax:

Setting the time zone

To set the time zone, follow these steps.
1. If necessary, log on to the switch by Telnet, using the admin account.
2. Enter the tsTimeZone command as follows:
The following example shows how to change the time zone to US/Mountain.
The following procedure describes how to set the current time zone using interactive mode.
1. Type the tsTimeZone command as follows:
2. Enter the appropriate number or Ctrl-D to quit.
3. At the prompt, select a country location.
4. At the prompt, enter the appropriate number to specify the time zone region or Ctrl-D to quit.
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date "mmddHHMMyy"
Where:
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mm is the month; valid values are 01 through 12.
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dd is the date; valid values are 01 through 31.
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HH is the hour; valid values are 00 through 23.
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MM is minutes; valid values are 00 through 59.
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yy is the year; valid values are 00 through 99 (values greater than 69 are interpreted as
1970 through 1999, and values less than 70 are interpreted as 2000-2069).
switch:admin> date
Fri Sep 26 17:01:48 UTC 2008
switch:admin> date "0926123008"
Fri Sep 26 12:30:00 UTC 2008
switch:admin>
switch:admin> tstimezone [--interactive]/ [, timezone_fmt]
Use timezone_fmt to set the time zone by Country/City or by time zone ID, such as MST.
switch:admin> tstimezone
Time Zone : US/Pacific
switch:admin> tstimezone US/Mountain
switch:admin> tstimezone
Time Zone : US/Mountain
switch:admin> tstimezone --interactive
You are prompted to select a general location.
Please identify a location so that time zone rules can be set correctly.
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