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Clock

clock set

The
clock set
Privileged EXEC mode command manually sets the system clock.
Syntax
clock set
hh:mm:ss day month year
or
clock set
hh:mm:ss month day year
•
hh:mm:ss
—Current time in hours (military format), minutes, and seconds (0 - 23, mm: 0
- 59, ss: 0 - 59
).
•
day
—Current day (by date) in the month (1 - 31)
.
•
month
—Current month using the first three letters by name (Jan, …, Dec).
•
year
—Current year (2000 - 2097).
Default Configuration
The default time set is 0:0:0:0 Jan 1 2000 or xxxxx Month Day Year.
Command Mode
Privileged EXEC mode
User Guidelines
• There are no user guidelines for this command.
Example
The following example sets the system time to 13:32:00 on the 7th March 2002.

clock source

The
clock source
Privileged EXEC mode command configures an external time source for the
system clock.
Syntax
clock source
{
sntp
}
no clock source
•
sntp
—SNTP servers
Console# clock set 13:32:00 7 Mar 2002