Changing And Showing Date And Time; Changing The Time Zone - IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500 Administrator's Manual

Changing and showing date and time

The date command displays or sets the date and time.
The following formats can be used when setting the date with the date parameter:
v mmddHHMM[YYyy] (default)
v mmddHHMM[yy]
The variables to the date parameter are defined as follows:
mm
dd
HH
MM
YY
yy
A NAS Administrator can use the date command to set the current date and time.
For example:
sets the date to February 17, 2002, and the time to 14:25.
Note: Do not change the date when the system is running with more than one
For more information, refer to the date command in the IBM TotalStorage NAS
Gateway 500 Command Reference.
CLI command
At the command prompt, enter date.
SMIT fastpath
The SMIT fastpath command to display the time or set the date is smit date.
WebSM
In WebSM, use the following: NAS Management→NAS System→Node→System
Environment→Settings, then double-click the Date and Time icon.

Changing the time zone

The chtz command allows you to change the time zone for the system. By default,
the chtz command uses the values for time zones located on the system. For more
information, refer to the chtz command in the IBM TotalStorage NAS Gateway 500
Command Reference.
CLI command
At the command prompt, enter chtz TimeZoneInfo.
SMIT fastpath
The SMIT fastpath command to change time zone information is smit chtz.
The SMIT fastpath, smit chtz_user allows you to specify the time zone and
daylight savings information for the system.
Specifies the number of the month.
Specifies the number of the day in the month.
Specifies the hour in the day (using a 24-hour clock).
Specifies the minute number.
Specifies the first two digits of a four-digit year.
Specifies the last two numbers of the year.
date 021714252002
user.
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