SET TIME

Purpose

Use at the server console to set the date and time kept by the server.

WARNING: Setting the time incorrectly can adversely affect the performance of Novell Directory Services (NDS).

Because time synchronization between servers is critical to NDS, make sure you understand time synchronization before you change the time or time zone on a server. (For more information, see Maintaining Network Time Synchronization in Supervising the Network .)

Syntax

SET TIME mo /day /yr hr :min :sec

Parameter	Use to
mo /day /yr	Specify the date. Use any of these formats for the date: 9/28/98 September 28, 1998 28 September 1998
hr :min :sec	Specify the time. Enter the time in either standard or 24-hour-clock format: 1:15:32 p.m. (standard format) 13:15:32 (24-hour-clock format) Separate hours, minutes, and seconds with colons. You can omit the minute and second entries, but you must include the colon after the hour. Specify a.m. or p.m. (for example, 7:14:32 AM). If you don't specify a.m. or p.m., NetWare assumes you are entering the time in 24-hour-clock format. For example, if you enter 1:00, the time is set to 1:00 a.m. If you enter 13:00, the time is set to 1:00 p.m.

Parameter

Use to

mo /day /yr

Specify the date.

Use any of these formats for the date:

9/28/98 September 28, 1998 28 September 1998

hr :min :sec

Specify the time.

Enter the time in either standard or 24-hour-clock format:

1:15:32 p.m. (standard format) 13:15:32 (24-hour-clock format)

Separate hours, minutes, and seconds with colons. You can omit the minute and second entries, but you must include the colon after the hour.

Specify a.m. or p.m. (for example, 7:14:32 AM). If you don't specify a.m. or p.m., NetWare assumes you are entering the time in 24-hour-clock format.

For example, if you enter 1:00, the time is set to 1:00 a.m. If you enter 13:00, the time is set to 1:00 p.m.

Using SET TIME

SET TIME is most appropriately used on a Reference or Single Reference time server. These types of time servers don't change their time to converge with other servers, but supply the time for other servers.

If you change the time on a Primary, Reference, or Single Reference time server, you will affect the time on all other servers that refer to that time server. (They will converge to the new time.)

You can set both the date and the time in the same command or separately. You can enter either the date or the time first. If you replace only one variable, the other remains unaffected.

The time display is formatted according to the server language standards. (For example, in the U.S. the format is 1:15:32 PM.)

Examples

To set the date and time on your server to December 19, 1998 at 2:15 PM, type

SET TIME 12/19/98 2:15:00 PM

SET TIME DECEMBER 19, 1998 14:15:00

Additional Information

Topic	See
Displaying the server's time	TIME
Setting the time zone	SET TIME ZONE
Network time synchronization	Maintaining Network Time Synchronization in Supervising the Network .