Setting System Time

You set the system time in the Settings screen of the Device | Settings > Time page.

To set the system time

1. Navigate to Device | Settings > Time.
2. On the Settings screen, select the time zone you are in from the Time Zone drop-down list.
3. To set the time automatically, select Set time automatically using NTP to use NTP (Network Time Protocol) servers from an internal list. This option is selected by default.
4. To set the time manually:
   1. Clear Set time automatically using NTP. The Date/Time option becomes available.
   2. Click the calendar icon in the Date/Time field to display the calendar.
   3. Select the date, hour, minute, and seconds in the calendar.

   4. Click away from the calendar to accept the settings.

      

5. To enable automatic adjustments for daylight savings time, select Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving time. For those areas that observe daylight savings time, this option is selected by default.
6. To use universal time (UTC) rather than local time for log events, select Display UTC in logs (instead of local time). This option is not selected by default.
7. To display the date in International format, with the day preceding the month, select Display date in International format.

8. To use the manually entered list of NTP servers to set the firewall clock rather than the internal list of NTP servers, select Only use custom NTP servers.

   Select this option only if you have configured one or more NTP servers. For more information about NTP servers, see Configuring NTP Settings.

9. Click Accept.