Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series, Configuration Manual

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Purpose Command or Action
• hh:mm:ss — Specifies the time in hours (24-hour format), minutes,
and seconds. The time specified is relative to the configured time
zone.
• clock set hh:mm:ss day month year
•
clock set hh:mm:ss month day year
• day — Specifies the day by date in the month.
Example:
Switch#
clock set 13:32:00 23 March 2013
•
month
—
Specifies the month by name.
•
year
—
Specifies the year (no abbreviation).
Configuring the Time Zone
Follow these steps to manually configure the time zone:
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
enable
2. configure terminal
3. clock timezone zone hours-offset [ minutes-offset ]
4.
end
5. show running-config
6.
copy running-config startup-config
DETAILED STEPS
Purpose Command or Action
Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if prompted. enable Step 1
Example:
Switch> enable
Enters the global configuration mode.
configure terminal
Example:
Switch# configure terminal
Step 2
Sets the time zone. clock timezone zone hours-offset
[ minutes-offset ]
Step 3
Internal time is kept in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), so this
command is used only for display purposes and when the time is
manually set.
Example:
Switch(config)# clock timezone AST -3 30
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