DELL N3000 User Manual

Managing General System Settings

The commands in this example manually set the system time and date. The 

time zone is set to Eastern Standard Time (EST), which has an offset of -5 

hours. Summer time is enabled and uses the preconfigured United States 

settings.
To configure the switch:

1 Configure the time zone offset and acronym.

console#configure

console(config)#clock timezone -5 zone EST

2 Configure the summer time (daylight saving time) to use the 

preconfigured settings for the United States.

console(config)#clock summer-time recurring us

3 Set the local time and date.

console(config)#clock set 16:13.06 03/01/2010

4 Verify the time settings.

console#show clock detail

00:27:19 EST(UTC-5:00) Feb 3 2039

No time source

 Time zone:

 Acronym is EST

 Offset is UTC-5:00

 Summertime:

 Acronym not configured

 Recurring every year (USA)

 Begins on second Sunday of Mar at 02:00

 Ends on first Sunday of Nov at 02:00

 Offset is +60 minutes