Setting the system time and date

The system's time and date can be modified as needed.

About this task

A system restart is required for any changes that are made to the system time and date. See Restarting and Rebooting the Appliance.

Procedure

  1. Go to Administration > Configuration > System > System time and date.
  2. Enter the current date and time.
  3. Select the appropriate time zone for your location.
  4. Enable Use NTP to set system time to use an NTP server to automatically set the system date and time for the data server.
    If NTP is used to set the system time, then the time and date fields set automatically. However, you must specify the time zone.
  5. Enter the name or IP address of the NTP server.
  6. Click OK to save changes.