25.
Status Monitoring, Statistics and General Commands
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time-server
Sets the switch to synchronize with the specified remote host.
date
The
date
command, in Global Configuration mode, sets the system time and date.
Command Syntax
device-name
(config)#
date
HH:MM:SS <DAY> MONTH <YEAR>
Argument Description
HH:MM:SS
The current time (hours in 24-hour format, minutes and seconds).
DAY
Day of month in the range <1-31>.
MONTH
Name of month in English:
January,
February
,
March
,
April
,
May
,
June
,
July
,
August
,
September
,
October
,
November
,
December
. (Capitalization is not
required.)
YEAR
Year in four-digit number format in the 1993-2035 range.
Example
The following example sets system time to 12:30:00 and date 1 April 2004:
device-name
(config)#
date 12:30:00 1 apr 2004
show date
The
show date
command, in Privileged (Enable) mode, displays the current system time.
Command Syntax
device-name
#
show date
Example
device-name
#
show date
Current system time TUE APR 10 13:45:04 2001
show clock
The
show clock
command, in Privileged (Enable) mode, is an alternative form of the
show
date
command, introduced for compatibility with other systems.
Command Syntax
device-name
#
show clock
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