Customize console date and time
To set the system clock on your workstation, open the Customize Console Date/Time task under Service Management. You must be logged on with the ADMIN user name for this task.
The Customize Console Data and Time window opens. Its Customize Data and Time tab is displayed.
Changing the clock to Local or UTC
- Local
- Sets the time to the current time of the time zone that you selected.
- UTC
- Sets the time to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) regardless of what time zone you have chosen.
A time is required for your local system operation. Enter in either the local time or the UTC time.
Setting the assigned time for your system
Specify
the new time using the same format as shown in the Time field. For
example,
09:35:00 AMSetting the assigned date for your system
Specify
the new date using the same format as shown in the Date field. For
example,
September 10, 2005If you have chosen the Local clock choose a city from the list that has the same time as the one you need. Click OK when finished.
Figure 1. Customize Console Date and Time Window
Setting the assigned time for your system - alternate procedure
To use NTP to set the workstation clock click
on the Customize Console Date and Time window's Configure NTP Settings tab:
Figure 2. Configure NTP settings
To add an NTP server, click on the Add NTP Server push button.
The Add a Network Time Server dialog opens.
Figure 3. Add a Network Time Server
Enter the NTP server hostname, and click OK.
In order to enable the NTP service, select the checkbox Enable NTP service on this console and click OK.