ZyWALL 2 User’s Guide

 

Table 34-4 Menu 24.10 System Maintenance: Time and Date Setting

 

 

 

 

 

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Protocol

Enter the time service protocol that your timeserver sends when you turn on the

 

 

 

ZyWALL. Not all timeservers support all protocols, so you may have to check with

 

 

 

your ISP/network administrator or use trial and error to find a protocol that works.

 

 

 

The main differences between them are the format.

 

 

 

Daytime (RFC 867) format is day/month/year/time zone of the server.

 

 

 

Time (RFC-868)format displays a 4-byte integer giving the total number of seconds

 

 

 

since 1970/1/1 at 0:0:0.

 

 

 

NTP (RFC-1305) the default, is similar to Time (RFC-868).

 

 

 

None enter the time manually.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Server

Enter the IP address or domain name of your timeserver. Check with your

 

 

Address

ISP/network administrator if you are unsure of this information. The default is

 

 

 

tick.stdtime.gov.tw

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Time

This field displays an updated time only when you reenter this menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Time

Enter the new time in hour, minute and second format.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Date

This field displays an updated date only when you reenter this menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Date

Enter the new date in year, month and day format.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time Zone

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to set the time difference between your

 

 

 

time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daylight Saving

Daylight Saving Time is a period from late spring to early fall when many countries

 

 

 

set their clocks ahead of normal local time by one hour to give more daylight time in

 

 

 

the evenings. If you use daylight savings time, then choose Yes.

 

 

Start Date

Enter the month and day that your daylight-savings time starts on if you selected

 

 

 

Yes in the Daylight Saving field.

 

 

End Date

Enter the month and day that your daylight-savings time ends on if you selected

 

 

 

Yes in the Daylight Saving field.

 

 

Once you have filled in this menu, press [ENTER] at the message “Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to

 

 

Cancel“ to save your configuration, or press [ESC] to cancel.

 

 

 

 

 

34.3.1 Resetting the Time

The ZyWALL resets the time in three instances:

i.On leaving menu 24.10 after making changes.

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