Time Zones on the Brocade switch

You can set the time zone for the Brocade switch by name. You can select continent, country, or time zone region names.

If the time zone is not set with the named options, the switch retains the offset time zone settings. This is a number of hours offset from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). If you have set the time zone with a name, you can revert to the offset format if you choose. For more information about the tsTimeZone command, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference.

You can set the time zone for a switch using the tsTimeZone command. The tsTimeZone command allows you to perform the following tasks:

• Display all of the time zones supported in the firmware
• Set the time zone based on a country and city combination or based on a time zone ID such as PST

The time zone setting has the following characteristics:

• You can view the time zone settings. You must have administrative permissions to set the time zones.
• The tsTimeZone setting automatically adjusts for Daylight Savings Time.
• Changing the time zone on a switch updates the local time zone setup and is reflected in local time calculations.
• By default, all switches are in the GMT time zone (0,0). If all switches in a fabric are in one time zone, you can keep the time zone setup at the default setting.
• System services that have already started will reflect the time zone changes only after the next reboot.
• Time zone settings persist across failover for high availability.