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Catalyst 2360 Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 5 Administering the Switch
Managing the System Time and Date
Configuring the Time Zone
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to manually configure the time zone:
The
minutes-offset
variable in the
clock timezone
global configuration command is available for those
cases where a local time zone is a percentage of an hour different from UTC. For example, the time zone
for some sections of Atlantic Canada (AST) is UTC-3.5, where the 3 means 3 hours and.5 means 50
percent. In this case, the necessary command is
clock timezone AST -3 30
.
To set the time to UTC, use the
no clock timezone
global configuration command.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
clock timezone
zone
hours-offset
[
minutes-offset
]
Set the time zone.
The switch keeps internal time in universal time coordinated (UTC), so
this command is used only for display purposes and when the time is
manually set.
•
For
zone
, enter the name of the time zone to be displayed when
standard time is in effect. The default is UTC.
•
For
hours-offset
, enter the hours offset from UTC.
•
(Optional) For
minutes-offset
, enter the minutes offset from UTC.
Step 3
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 4
show running-config
Verify your entries.
Step 5
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.