ZyXEL Communications nbg-418n User Manual

Chapter 15 System

NBG-418N User’s Guide

New Date 

(yyyy/mm/dd)

This field displays the last updated date from the time server or the last date configured 
manually.

When you set Time and Date Setup to Manual, enter the new date in this field and 
then click Apply.

Get from Time 
Server

Select this radio button to have the NBG-418N get the time and date from the time 
server you specified below.

Auto

Select Auto to have the NBG-418N automatically search for an available time server 
and synchronize the date and time with the time server after you click Apply.

User Defined Time 
Server Address 

Select User Defined Time Server Address and enter the IP address or URL (up to 20 
extended ASCII characters in length) of your time server. Check with your ISP/network 
administrator if you are unsure of this information.

Time Zone Setup

Time Zone

Choose the time zone of your location. This will set the time difference between your 
time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). 

Daylight Savings

Daylight saving is a period from late spring to early fall when many countries set their 
clocks ahead of normal local time by one hour to give more daytime light in the 
evening.

Select this option if you use Daylight Saving Time.

Start Date

Configure the day and time when Daylight Saving Time starts if you selected Daylight 
Savings. The o'clock field uses the 24 hour format. Here are a couple of examples:

Daylight Saving Time starts in most parts of the United States on the first Sunday of 
April. Each time zone in the United States starts using Daylight Saving Time at 2 A.M. 
local time. So in the United States you would select First, Sunday, April and type 2 in 
the o'clock field.

Daylight Saving Time starts in the European Union on the last Sunday of March. All of 
the time zones in the European Union start using Daylight Saving Time at the same 
moment (1 A.M. GMT or UTC). So in the European Union you would select Last, 
Sunday, March. The time you type in the o'clock field depends on your time zone. In 
Germany for instance, you would type 2 because Germany's time zone is one hour 
ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1). 

End Date

Configure the day and time when Daylight Saving Time ends if you selected Daylight 
Savings. The o'clock field uses the 24 hour format. Here are a couple of examples:

Daylight Saving Time ends in the United States on the last Sunday of October. Each 
time zone in the United States stops using Daylight Saving Time at 2 A.M. local time. 
So in the United States you would select Last, Sunday, October and type 2 in the 
o'clock field.

Daylight Saving Time ends in the European Union on the last Sunday of October. All of 
the time zones in the European Union stop using Daylight Saving Time at the same 
moment (1 A.M. GMT or UTC). So in the European Union you would select Last, 
Sunday, October. The time you type in the o'clock field depends on your time zone. 
In Germany for instance, you would type 2 because Germany's time zone is one hour 
ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1). 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG-418N.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

Maintenance > System > Time Setting (continued)