System Time Commands

dst-zone

Syntax

[no] dst-zone [std-zone-name | non-std-zone-name]

Context

config>system>time

Platforms

Supported on all 7210 SAS platforms as described in this document

Description

This command configures the start and end dates and offset for summer time or daylight savings time to override system defaults or for user defined time zones.

When configured, the time is adjusted by adding the configured offset when summer time starts and subtracting the configured offset when summer time ends.

If the time zone configured is listed in Table: System-defined time zones , then the starting and ending parameters and offset do not need to be configured with this command unless it is necessary to override the system defaults. The command returns an error if the start and ending dates and times are not available either in Table: System-defined time zones on or entered as optional parameters in this command.

Up to five summer time zones may be configured, for example, for five successive years or for five different time zones. Configuring a sixth entry returns an error message. If no summer (daylight savings) time is supplied, it is assumed no summer time adjustment is required.

The no form of this command removes a configured summer (daylight savings) time entry.

Parameters

std-zone-name

Specifies the standard time zone name. The standard name must be a system-defined zone in Table: System-defined time zones . For zone names in the table that have an implicit summer time setting, for example MDT for Mountain Daylight Saving Time, the remaining start-date, end-date and offset parameters need to be provided unless it is necessary to override the system defaults for the time zone.

Values

std-zone-name ADT, AKDT, CDT, CEST, EDT, EEST, MDT, PDT, WEST, NDT, NZDT

non-std-zone-name

Specifies the non-standard time zone name, up to 5 characters. See the zone command for more information about creating a user-defined name.

end

Syntax

end {end-week} {end-day} {end-month} [hours-minutes]

Context

config>system>time>dst-zone

Platforms

Supported on all 7210 SAS platforms as described in this document

Description

This command configures start of summer time settings.

Parameters

end-week

Specifies the starting week of the month when the summer time ends.

Values

first, second, third, fourth, last

Default

first

end-day

Specifies the starting day of the week when the summer time ends.

Values

sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday

Default

sunday

end-month

Specifies the starting month of the year when the summer time takes effect.

Values

january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november, december

Default

january

hours

Specifies the hour at which the summer time ends.

Values

0 to 24

Default

0

minutes

Specifies the number of minutes, after the hours defined by the hours parameter, when the summer time ends.

Values

0 to 59

Default

0

offset

Syntax

offset offset

Context

config>system>time>dst-zone

Platforms

Supported on all 7210 SAS platforms as described in this document

Description

This command specifies the number of minutes that are added to the time when summer time takes effect. The same number of minutes are subtracted from the time when the summer time ends.

Parameters

offset

Specifies the number of minutes added to the time at the beginning of summer time and subtracted at the end of summer time, expressed as an integer.

Values

0 to 60

Default

60

start

Syntax

start {start-week} {start-day} {start-month} [hours-minutes]

Context

config>system>time>dst-zone

Platforms

Supported on all 7210 SAS platforms as described in this document

Description

This command configures start of summer time settings.

Parameters

start-week

Specifies the starting week of the month when the summer time takes effect.

Values

first, second, third, fourth, last

Default

first

start-day

Specifies the starting day of the week when the summer time takes effect.

Values

sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday

Default

sunday

start-month

Specifies the starting month of the year when the summer time takes effect.

Values

january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november, december

Default

january

hours

Specifies the hour at which the summer time takes effect.

Values

0 to 23

Default

0

minutes

Specifies the number of minutes, after the hours defined by the hours parameter, when the summer time takes effect.

Values

0 to 59

Default

0

zone

Syntax

zone [std-zone-name | non-std-zone-name] [hh [:mm]]

no zone

Context

config>system>time

Platforms

Supported on all 7210 SAS platforms as described in this document

Description

This command sets the time zone and time zone offset for the device.

The 7210 SAS supports system-defined and user-defined time zones. The system-defined time zones are listed in Table: System-defined time zones .

For user-defined time zones, the zone and the UTC offset must be specified.

The no form of this command reverts to the default of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). If the time zone in use was a user-defined time zone, the time zone is deleted. If a dst-zone command has been configured that references the zone, the summer commands must be deleted before the zone can be reset to UTC.

Default

zone utc

Parameters

std-zone-name

Specifies the standard time zone name. The standard name must be a system-defined zone in Table: System-defined time zones . For zone names in the table that have an implicit summer time setting, for example MDT for Mountain Daylight Saving Time, the remaining start-date, end-date and offset parameters need to be provided unless it is necessary to override the system defaults for the time zone.

For system-defined time zones, a different offset cannot be specified. If a new time zone is needed with a different offset, the user must create a new time zone. Note that some system-defined time zones have implicit summer time settings which causes the switchover to summer time to occur automatically; configuring the dst-zone parameter is not required.

Values

GMT, BST, IST, WET, WEST, CET, CEST, EET, EEST, MSK, MSD, AST, ADT, EST, EDT, ET, CST, CDT, CT, MST, MDT, MT, PST, PDT, PT, HST, AKST, AKDT, WAST, CAST, EAST

non-std-zone-name

Specifies the non-standard time zone name, up to 5 characters.

hh [:mm]

Specifies the hours and minutes offset from UTC time, expressed as integers. Some time zones do not have an offset that is an integral number of hours. In these instances, the minutes-offset must be specified. For example, the time zone in Pirlanngimpi, Australia is UTC + 9.5 hours.

Values

hh — –11 to 12

mm — 0 to 59

Default

hh — 0

mm — 0