HP StorageWorks MSA 2/8 - SAN Switch Reference Manual page 175

It may take up to 64 seconds for the switches in the fabric to be synchronized.
The date specified is always the local switch time taking into account daylight
saving time and the time zone setup of the switch. Each switch takes care of
converting the GMT time distributed fabric-wide to its local time.
Date and time are specified as a string in the format:
Year values greater than 69 are interpreted as 1970-1999, year values less than 70
are interpreted as 2000-2069.
The date function does not support daylight saving time or time zones.
All switches maintain current date and time in non-volatile memory. Date and
time are used for logging events. Switch operation does not depend on the date
and time; a switch with an incorrect date value still functions properly.
Operands
This command has the following operand:
newDate
Example
To display the current date and time, then change it to Feb 27 12:30:00 2003:
switch:admin> date
Fri Jan 29 17:01:48 1999
switch:admin> date "0227123003"
Thu Feb 27 12:30:00 2003
Fabric OS Version 3.1.x/4.1.x Reference Guide
"mmddhhmmyy"
where:
mm is the month, valid values are 01-12
dd is the date, valid values are 01-31
hh is the hour, valid values are 00-23
mm is minutes, valid values are 00-59
yy is the year, valid values are 00-99
Specify the new date and time in quotation marks. This
operand is optional.
date
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