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Follow these steps to configure the system clock: 
To do…  Use the command…
Remarks 
Set time and date  clock datetime time date 
Optional 
Available in user view. 
Enter system view  system-view  — 
Set the time zone 
clock timezone zone-name { add | 
minus } zone-offset 
Optional 
Universal time coordinated (UTC) 
time zone by default. 
Set a 
daylight 
saving 
time 
scheme 
Adopt daylight 
saving time from the 
start-time on the 
start-date to the 
end-time on the 
end-date. Daylight 
saving time adds the 
add-time to the 
standard time of the 
device. 
clock summer-time zone-name 
one-off start-time start-date 
end-time end-date add-time 
Optional 
Use either command 
By default, daylight saving time is 
not configured on the device, and 
the UTC time zone is applied. 
Adopt daylight 
saving time 
repeatedly 
clock summer-time zone-name 
repeating start-time start-date 
end-time end-date add-time 
 
Displaying the system clock 
The system clock is determined by the commands clock datetime, clock timezone and clock summer-time. 
If these three commands are not configured, the display clock command displays the original system 
clock. If you combine these three commands in different ways, the system clock is displayed in the ways 
as shown in 0. T
he following describes the meanings of the parameters in the configuration column: 
•  1 indicates date-time has been configured with the clock datetime command. 
•  2 indicates time-zone has been configured with the clock timezone command and the offset time is 
zone-offset. 
•  3 indicates daylight saving time has been configured with the clock summer-time command and 
the offset time is summer-offset. 
•  [1] indicates the clock datetime command is an optional configuration. 
•  The default system clock is 2005/1/1 1:00:00 in the example. 
Table 12 System clock configuration 
Confi
uration S
stem clock confi
ured
Exam
le
1  date-time 
Configure: clock datetime 1:00 
2007/1/1 
System clock configured: 01:00:00 UTC 
Mon 01/01/2007 
2 
The original system clock ± 
"zone-offset" 
Configure: clock timezone zone-time 
add 1 
System clock configured:: 02:00:00 
zone-time Sat 01/01/2005