Configuring timezone settings by using the command line

You can configure the timezone settings by using the command interface.

About this task

To configure timezone settings from the command line, you enter timezone mode and enter the required timezone commands.

Procedure

Connect to the IBM® MQ Appliance as described in Command line access. Log in as an administrative user.
Type config to enter global configuration mode.
Type the following command to configure timezone settings:
```
timezone
```

Use the following timezone commands to configure the settings:

Command	Description
admin-state	Sets the administrative state for the configuration.
custom	Specifies the name of a custom time zone.
daylight-name	Specifies the name of the time zone when in Daylight Saving Time. This name is appended to the time.
daylight-offset	Sets the offset, in hours, for Daylight Saving Time.
daylight-start-day	Specifies the day of the week when Daylight Saving Time starts.
daylight-start-hours	Specifies the hour in the day when Daylight Saving Time starts.
daylight-start-minutes	Specifies the minute in the hour when Daylight Saving Time starts.
daylight-start-month	Specifies the month of the year when Daylight Saving Time starts.
daylight-start-week	Specifies the instance of the day in the month when Daylight Saving Time starts.
daylight-stop-day	Specifies the day of the week when Daylight Saving Time stops.
daylight-stop-hours	Specifies the hour in the day when Daylight Saving Time ends.
daylight-stop-minutes	Specifies the minute in the hour when Daylight Saving Time ends.
daylight-stop-month	Specifies the month of the year when Daylight Saving Time ends.
daylight-stop-week	Specifies the instance of the day in the month when Daylight Saving Time ends.
direction	Specifies the direction, relative to Coordinated Universal Time, of the time zone.
name	Sets the name of the time zone. This name is appended to the time.
offset-hours	Specifies the offset in hours, relative to Coordinated Universal Time, of the time zone.
offset-minutes	Specifies the offset in minutes, relative to Coordinated Universal Time, of the time zone.

After you configure the timezone settings, enter exit. The setting of the value of the timezone becomes effective in the appliance when you issue the exit command. If you do not want to make the setting effective, type cancel instead.
Restart the appliance to ensure that the new timezone is used by all IBM MQ processes.