About this task
The default time zone is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
The time zone must be set only once because the value is stored in
nonvolatile memory. Use the following procedure to set the time zone.
Procedure
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Log in as admin.
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Use the tsTimeZone --interactive command
and follow the prompts, or enter the tsTimeZone [houroffset [, minuteoffset]]
command as follows:
For Pacific Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone
-8,0.
For Central Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone
-6,0.
For Eastern Standard Time, enter tsTimeZone
-5,0.
Table 1. tsTimeZone command parameter selection
for the US time zones
Local time
|
tsTimeZone parameter (difference from UTC)
|
Atlantic Standard
|
-4,0
|
Atlantic Daylight
|
-3,0
|
Eastern Standard
|
-5,0
|
Eastern Daylight
|
-4,0
|
Central Standard
|
-6,0
|
Central Daylight
|
-5,0
|
Mountain Standard
|
-7,0
|
Mountain Daylight
|
-6,0
|
Pacific Standard
|
-8,0
|
Pacific Daylight
|
-7,0
|
Alaskan Standard
|
-9,0
|
Alaskan Daylight
|
-8,0
|
Hawaiian Standard
|
-10,0
|