Setting the Date and Time

The date and time settings are used for event logging, error detection, and troubleshooting; and hence, you should set them correctly. However, device operation does not depend on the date and time; a device with an incorrect date or time values still functions properly.

You can synchronize the local time of the principal or primary fabric configuration server (FCS) device to that of an external Network Time Protocol (NTP) server.

Perform the following steps to set the date and time.

Log on to the device using one of the following methods:
- A serial console connection to the active CP blade. The active CP is indicated by an illuminated blue LED on the blade front panel.
- A SSH session using the chassis management IP address.
Log on to the device using admin . If you have not changed the default password, use password .
Enter the date command, using the following syntax:

date "mmddHHMMyy"

The values are:

mm is the month; valid values are 01 through 12.
dd is the date; valid values are 01 through 31.
HH is the hour; valid values are 00 through 23.
MM is minutes; valid values are 00 through 59.
yy is the year; valid values are 00 through 99 (values greater than 69 are interpreted as 1970 through 1999, and values less than 70 are interpreted as 2000 through 2069).
```
switch:admin> date
Fri Sep 28 17:01:48 UTC 2016
switch:admin> date "0927123016"
Thu Sep 27 12:30:00 UTC 2016
switch:admin>
```