Overview:
When setting the correct time on a router, the first step is configuring the proper timezone
Study Notes:
- By default, the timezone is UTC
- Configuring the correct time and timezone on a router are good practices for the following reasons
- Troubleshooting is simplified when log files display the correct time
- Multiple devices configured properly with time allow for easier understanding of instances on the network
- Commands can be scheduled using the router's kron scheduler
Configure the timezone
Router(config)#clock timezone EST -5
Configure daylight savings time
Router(config)#clock summer-time EDT recurring
Configure the router's clock
Router#clock set 09:03:00 Jan 20 2018
View the router's clock
Router#show clock 09:03:00.208 EST Sun Jan 20 2018
PacketTracer Lab: CCNA-7.3.e-Timezone.pkt
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