name

This command sets the name of the time zone. This name is appended to the time.

Syntax

name value

Parameters

value
Specifies the name of the local time zone. The default value is EST-5EDT. The appliance provides predefined values and the ability to define a custom time zone.
Value Description Meaning
HST10 US Hawaii-Aleutian Time 10 hours west of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), no daylight saving time (DST).
AKST9AKDT US Alaska Time 9 hours west of UTC, United States DST rules.
PST8PDT US Pacific Time 8 hours west of UTC, United States DST rules.
MST7MDT US Mountain Time 7 hours west of UTC, United States DST rules.
CST6CDT US Central Time 6 hours west of UTC, United States DST rules.
EST5EDT US Eastern Time 5 hours west of UTC, United States DST rules.
AST4ADT Atlantic Time 4 hours west of UTC, Canada DST rules.
UTC Coordinated Universal Time UTC, no DST.
GMT0BST GMT, United Kingdom UTC, United Kingdom DST rules.
CET-1CEST Central Europe Time 1 hour east of UTC, European Union DST rules.
EET-2EEST Eastern Europe Time 2 hours east of UTC, European Union DST rules.
MSK-3MSD Moscow Time 3 hours east of UTC, Russian DST rules.
AST-3 Saudi Arabia 3 hours east of UTC, no DST.
KRT-5 Pakistan 5 hours east of UTC, no DST.
IST-5:30 India Standard Time 5 hours and 30 minutes east of UTC, no DST.
NOVST-6NOVDT Novosibirsk 6 hours east of UTC, Russian DST rules.
CST-8 China Coast Time 8 hours east of UTC, no DST.
WST-8 Australia Western Time 8 hours east of UTC, no DST.
JST-9 Japan 9 hours east of UTC, no DST.
CST-9:30CDT Australia Central Time 9 hours and 30 minutes east of UTC. Follows standard Central Australia Daylight savings time rules.
EST-10EDT Australia Eastern Time 10 hours east of UTC. Follows standard Eastern Australia Daylight savings time rules.
EST-10 Australia Eastern Time, Queensland 10 hours east of UTC, no DST.
Custom User-defined Custom time zone that you define with or without DST.

Guidelines

The name command sets the name of the time zone. This name is appended to the time.

  • Enter a predefined time zone names to set the time zone and its corresponding DST or summer time, values.
  • Enter Custom to define a custom time zone with or without DST.

Example

Sets the local time zone to IST-5:30 (India, 5:30 hours east of UTC, no DST).

# name IST-5:30