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126 Command Line Interface

Date command

Description This command displays or sets the system date and time. To set the date and time the information

string must be provided in this format: MMDDhhmmCCYY. The new date and time takes effect
immediately.

Authority Admin session except to display the date.

Syntax

date

[MMDDhhmmCCYY]

Operands

[MMDDhhmmCCYY]

Specifies the date – this requires an Admin session. If you omit [MMDDhhmmCCYY], the current
date is displayed which does not require an Admin session.

Notes Network Time Protocol (NTP) must be disabled to set the time with the Date command. See the

Set Setup

command, System operand, for information about NTP.

When setting the date and time on a switch that is enabled for SSL connections, the switch time must
be within 24 hours of the workstation time. Otherwise, the connection will fail.

Examples The following is an example of the Date command:

McDATA4GbSAN #> date

Mon Apr 07 07:51:24 2005

See also

Date command

, page 126

Set command

, page 156

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