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A sample script to set system time manually is shown below

System Time from an SNTP Server

This section describes how to receive date/time from an SNTP server.
It contains the following topics:

SNTP Overview
SNTP Global Settings
SNTP Authentication
SNTP Servers
SNTP Interfaces

Table 6-6. CLI Script to Set Manual System Time

CLI Description

console(config)# clock summer-time Ohio

date apr 1 2010 09:00 aug 2 2010 09:00

Set a time range for

summer time called

"Ohio".

console# configure

console(config)# clock timezone Ohio +2

Set the time zone to GMT

plus 2 hours. The name of

the zone "Ohio" is purely for

documentation purposes.

This is not mandatory for

manual time, but is

recommended. It enables

anyone seeing the time to

know what that time is in

respect to their timezone.

console(config)# clock summer-time

Ohio_Summer recurring usa

Set Daylight Savings Time

such that it recurs every year

and is based on the summer

time schedule of the USA.

The name of the zone

"Ohio_Summer" is for

documentation purposes

only.

console(config)# exit

console# show clock

Display the system time.