How to set the time on routers or switches
Either on a switch or a router use clock set HH:MM:SS day MON YEAR:
Device#clock set 14:20:00 12 JUN 2014
To view the time use show clock:
Device#show clock 14:22:43.531 UTC Thu Jun 12 2014
If you want to be sure that the time is approximatively exact use a syslog server (tftpd 32) to check it. I have ~2 seconds difference between the router’s time and a computer’s time.
here you will see it much clearer:
Using CCP (Cisco Configuration Professional) I have used the PC to synchronize the time on the deive.
These are the commands:
clock timezone PCTime 2 0 clock summer-time PCTime date Mar 30 2003 3:00 Oct 26 2003 4:00
On reload it will synchronize with the PCTime, which has the summer hours:
- on march, 30th 2003 it is 3am, and
- on octomber, 26th 2003 it is 4am.
Verify:
R2#show clock *21:11:57.991 PCTime Sun Nov 23 2014
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