A – Command Reference
Commands
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Date Command
Displays or sets the date and time. To set the date and time, you must enter the
information in this format: MMDDhhmmCCYY. The new date and time takes effect
immediately.
Authority Admin session to set the date and time. No authority required to display the
current date and time
Syntax date
[MMDDhhmmCCYY]
Keywords [MMDDhhmmCCYY]
Specifies the date—this requires an Admin session. If you omit
[MMDDhhmmCCYY], the command displays the current date, which does not
require an admin session.
Notes You must disable the network time protocol (NTP) to set the time with the date
command. Refer to the set ntp command on page A-34 for information about
NTP.
Examples The following example shows the date command:
QRouter (admin) #> date 010314282008
Tue Jan 1 14:28:00 2008
QRouter (admin) #> date
Tue Jan 1 14:28:14 2008